BrachyView: a novel imaging system using timepix for intraoperative dynamic dose planing for low dose rate prostrate Brachytherapy treatment

Prostate cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the western world, accounting for nearly 30% of all male malignancies. Radiation treatment of such cancer has high success rates, and depends primarily on the physician’s ability to deliver a conformal therapeutic dose to the tumour. This involves a process of treatment planning, brachytherapy implantation, and post-implant dosimetric verification.