Medical imaging procedures are providing qualitative and, increasingly
, quantitative diagnostic information on the morphology and function o
f the human organism. As possibilities for communication and data proc
essing continue to grow, they are also being applied in the field of t
herapy. Taking combined local radiotherapy and thermotherapy for the t
reatment of uterine carcinoma as an example, this paper describes the
integration of the biological-pathological situation into the modellin
g of isothermal profiles using the patient's image data.