FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF PELVIC INTERACTIONS AND PROSTATE MOTION

Finite Element (F.E.) simulations of the pelvic organ motions and interactions have been developed, in the framework of the prostate cancer therapy. From a medical point of view, the aim of the predictive simulations of the prostate motion is the shrinking of the margins around the clinical target volume (C.T.V.) inside the gland during radiation therapy, in order to keep away the neighbouring organs from any hazardous radiations.