[Automation of radiotherapy plans with the use of a personal computer]

A system for the automation of radiotherapy treatment planning is described, implemented by a personal computer, which can be employed with both electromagnetic and corpuscular radiation beams, once the characteristics of the beams employed have been recorded. The use of both moving-field and fixed-field techniques is considered. Along the beams, wedge filters and limitation blocks can be interposed. When calculating the radiation dose, both beam obliquity and inhomogeneous tissue structure are to be considered. Dose distribution can be optimized and adapted to the patient's needs.