Development of a tracking error prediction system for the CyberKnife Synchrony Respiratory Tracking System with use of support vector regression.

Journal: Medical & biological engineering & computing
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Abstract

PURPOSE: The accuracy of the CyberKnife Synchrony Respiratory Tracking System is dependent on the breathing pattern of a patient. Therefore, the tracking error in each patient must be determined. Support vector regression (SVR) can be used to easily identify the tracking error in each patient. This study aimed to develop a system with SVR that can predict tracking error according to a patient's respiratory waveform.

Authors

  • Kohei Okawa
  • Mitsuhiro Inoue
    Yokohama CyberKnife Center. m-inoue@syck.jp.
  • Takeji Sakae
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ten-nohdai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, 305-8575, Japan.