[Use of photogrammetry for taking body contours in radiotherapy]. / Emploi de la photogrammétrie pour la prise des contours corporels en radiothérapie

A photogrammetric method for taking outline of patients in radiotherapy is described in details. Using only one couple of photographs, this fast and very precise process may restitute a great deal of transversal or longitudinal cross-sections, even after a long time because photographic stocking of information. An automatic numeric lecture of the outline may directly enter a computer for dosimetry.