Assistance systems for patient positioning in radiotherapy practice
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in: Health Systems, Jahrgang 13, Nr. 4, 12.2024, S. 332-360.
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T1 - Assistance systems for patient positioning in radiotherapy practice
AU - Müller-Polyzou, Ralf
AU - Reuter-Oppermann, Melanie
AU - Feger, Jasmin
AU - Meier, Nicolas
AU - Georgiadis, Anthimos
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2024/12
Y1 - 2024/12
N2 - Effective radiotherapy for cancer treatment requires precise and reproducible positioning of patients at linear accelerators. Assistance systems in digitally networked radiotherapy can help involved specialists perform these tasks more efficiently and accurately. This paper analyses patient positioning systems and develops new knowledge by applying the Design Science Research methodology. A systematic literature review ensures the rigour of the research. Furthermore, this article presents the results of an online survey on assistance systems for patient positioning, the derived design requirements and an artefact in the form of a conceptual model of a patient positioning system. Both the systematic literature review and the online survey serve as empirical evidence for the conceptual model. This paper thereby contributes to broadening the academic knowledge on patient positioning in radiotherapy and provides guidance to system designers
AB - Effective radiotherapy for cancer treatment requires precise and reproducible positioning of patients at linear accelerators. Assistance systems in digitally networked radiotherapy can help involved specialists perform these tasks more efficiently and accurately. This paper analyses patient positioning systems and develops new knowledge by applying the Design Science Research methodology. A systematic literature review ensures the rigour of the research. Furthermore, this article presents the results of an online survey on assistance systems for patient positioning, the derived design requirements and an artefact in the form of a conceptual model of a patient positioning system. Both the systematic literature review and the online survey serve as empirical evidence for the conceptual model. This paper thereby contributes to broadening the academic knowledge on patient positioning in radiotherapy and provides guidance to system designers
KW - Engineering
KW - Assistance system
KW - patient positioning
KW - radiotherapy
KW - system design
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U2 - 10.1080/20476965.2024.2395567
DO - 10.1080/20476965.2024.2395567
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 13
SP - 332
EP - 360
JO - Health Systems
JF - Health Systems
SN - 2047-6965
IS - 4
ER -