A comprehensive radiotherapy planning system implemented in Fortran on a small interactive computer

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Abstract
A suite of Fortran programs for carrying out the various dose computational aspects of radiotherapy was developed on an enhanced RAD8 computing system. The hardware configuration of the computer is described and the main features of the programs in the suite are discussed. They include: beam data input systems for use with linear accelerators and Co units; static and rotational teletherapy planning, with computer optimization in the static planning; irregular field calculations with isodose visualization; interstitial calculations including routines which will reconstruct an Ra needle implant in 3 dimensions in addition to presenting the isodose distribution in any desired plane. The problems of implementing the programs on another computer system are discussed.