Application of virtual environment for radiotherapy training system for educational purposes at institute of physics of Jan Kochanowski university in Kielce

Abstract

The paper presents the Virtual Environment for Radiotherapy Training system in the context of its application in the education of students at the Institute of Physics of the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, in the field of applying physics in medicine. The Virtual Environment for Radiotherapy Training system operates within the Virtual Radiation Therapy Laboratory, and its unique possibilities are the following: 3D simulations of commonly used equipment using external beam radiation, visualization of treatment plans in any location, simulations of the therapy equipment quality check and results, and also using different images to study human anatomy. The paper also discusses treatment planning systems available in the simulator laboratory. A general overview of the simulator possibilities concentrates on present and future users of the Virtual Radiation Therapy Laboratory, namely students of medical and technical physics, students of medicine, medical physicists and electroradiology technicians, doctors and other radiation therapy professionals.