AIMC Topic: Patient Positioning

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Technical note: A method to synthesize magnetic resonance images in different patient rotation angles with deep learning for gantry-free radiotherapy.

Medical physics Oct 18, 2022
BACKGROUND: Recently, patient rotating devices for gantry-free radiotherapy, a new approach to implement external beam radiotherapy, have been introduced. When a patient is rotated in the horizontal position, gravity causes anatomic deformation. For ...
Humans Computer Simulation Magnetic Resonance Imaging Rotation Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted Patient Positioning Male Deep Learning Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
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Full subcostal subxiphoid robotic-assisted radical thymectomy: preclinical cadaveric study for optimizing patient positioning, table settings, and port configuration.

Updates in surgery Feb 25, 2022
Robotic subxiphoid transthoracic thymectomy showed several surgical advantages. Nevertheless, the intercostal insertion of trocars may lead to nerve injury with enhanced post-operative pain. Moreover, the dissection of peri-diaphragmatic mediastinal ...
Patient Positioning Thymectomy Humans Robotics Robotic Surgical Procedures Cadaver
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Robotic Locomotor Training Leads to Cardiovascular Changes in Individuals With Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Over a 24-Week Rehabilitation Period: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.

Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation Apr 9, 2021
OBJECTIVE: To describe the effect of robotic locomotor training (RLT) and activity-based training (ABT) on cardiovascular indices during various physiological positions in individuals with spinal cord injury.
Humans Exercise Therapy Female Heart Rate Middle Aged Spinal Cord Injuries Adult Walk Test Robotics Pilot Projects Male Patient Positioning Blood Pressure Exoskeleton Device
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Technical Note: Deep Learning approach for automatic detection and identification of patient positioning devices for radiation therapy.

Medical physics Aug 8, 2020
PURPOSE: Automatic detection and identification of setup devices, using a deep convolutional neural network (CNN) for real-time multiclass object detection, has the potential to reduce errors in the treatment delivery process by avoiding documentatio...
Deep Learning Automation Patient Positioning Humans Neural Networks, Computer
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Feasibility of Multiparametric Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a One-Stop Shop for Radiation Therapy Planning for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics Jul 16, 2020
PURPOSE: Multiparametric positron emission tomography (PET)/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a one-stop shop for radiation therapy (RT) planning has great potential but is technically challenging. We studied the feasibility of performing multipara...
Radiotherapy Dosage Patient Positioning Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted Radiopharmaceuticals Positron-Emission Tomography Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Multimodal Imaging Feasibility Studies Humans Neural Networks, Computer Deep Learning Prospective Studies Head and Neck Neoplasms Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Differentiation Between Anteroposterior and Posteroanterior Chest X-Ray View Position With Convolutional Neural Networks.

RoFo : Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin Jul 2, 2020
PURPOSE:  Detection and validation of the chest X-ray view position with use of convolutional neural networks to improve meta-information for data cleaning within a hospital data infrastructure.
Area Under Curve Radiography Radiologists Thorax Female Male Deep Learning Patient Positioning Algorithms Retrospective Studies Humans Neural Networks, Computer
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Validating robotic couch isocentricity with 3D surface imaging.

Journal of applied clinical medical physics Jun 15, 2020
BACKGROUND: A proton therapy system with 190° gantries uses robotic couch rotations to change the treatment beam laterality. Couch rotations are typically validated clinically with post-rotation radiographic imaging.
Phantoms, Imaging Imaging, Three-Dimensional Robotics Robotic Surgical Procedures Humans Patient Positioning
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A Shifting Paradigm in Robotic Heart Surgery: From Single-Procedure Approach to Establishing a Robotic Heart Center of Excellence.

Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.) May 8, 2020
History, 20th Century Humans Patient Positioning Endoscopy Myocardial Revascularization Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Lead Poisoning Myocardial Bridging Arrhythmias, Cardiac Robotic Surgical Procedures Congenital Abnormalities History, 21st Century Atrial Fibrillation Cardiac Surgical Procedures Tricuspid Valve Nobel Prize Coronary Artery Bypass Pericardiectomy Mitral Valve Aortic Valve Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump Robotics Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
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Twin Robotic X-Ray System for 3D Cone-Beam CT of the Wrist: An Evaluation of Image Quality and Radiation Dose.

AJR. American journal of roentgenology Dec 4, 2019
The purpose of this study was to assess image quality and radiation dose of a novel twin robotic x-ray system's 3D cone-beam CT (CBCT) function for the depiction of cadaveric wrists. Sixteen cadaveric wrists were scanned using dedicated low-dose an...
Patient Positioning Wrist Joint Cadaver Artifacts Radiation Dosage Imaging, Three-Dimensional Humans Robotics Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
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The ideal couch tracking system-Requirements and evaluation of current systems.

Journal of applied clinical medical physics Sep 19, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Intrafractional motion can cause substantial uncertainty in precision radiotherapy. Traditionally, the target volume is defined to be sufficiently large to cover the tumor in every position. With the robotic treatment couch, a real-time...
Robotics Patient Positioning Humans Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted Movement Algorithms Radiotherapy Dosage Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted Neoplasms
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