Development of a robot-assisted ultrasound-guided radiation therapy (USgRT).

Journal: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
PMID: 31832907

Abstract

PURPOSE: Radiation treatment is improved by the use of image-guided workflows. This work pursues the approach of using ultrasound (US) as a real-time imaging modality. The primary focus of this study is to develop and test a breathing and motion control for a robotic-guided US transducer. All control functions of the robot and the US image processing were then integrated into one software platform enabling US-guided radiation therapy.

Authors

  • Peter Karl Seitz
    Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Centre, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. p.seitz@dkfz-heidelberg.de.
  • Beatrice Baumann
    Medical Informatics, Heilbronn University, Max-Planck-Str. 39, 74081, Heilbronn, Germany.
  • Wibke Johnen
    Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Centre, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Cord Lissek
    Medical Informatics, Heilbronn University, Max-Planck-Str. 39, 74081, Heilbronn, Germany.
  • Johanna Seidel
    Medical Informatics, Heilbronn University, Max-Planck-Str. 39, 74081, Heilbronn, Germany.
  • Rolf Bendl
    Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Centre, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.

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