Patient Positioning in Radiotherapy
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Patient Positioning in Radiotherapy. / Guo, Wei; Müller-Polyzou, Ralf; Chen, Zhen et al.
IEEE Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2020 - Conference Proceedings: IEEE Medical Measurements and Applications, June 1-3, 2020, Bari, Italy. Piscataway : IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. p. 1-6 9137355 (IEEE Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2020 - Conference Proceedings).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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T1 - Patient Positioning in Radiotherapy
AU - Guo, Wei
AU - Müller-Polyzou, Ralf
AU - Chen, Zhen
AU - Meier, Nicolas
AU - Georgiadis, Anthimos
N1 - Abweichender Titel: 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA)
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - External beam radiotherapy is one of the main methods of cancer treatment in curative and palliative oncology. It aims at precise delivery of high dose to a target volume, which is performed in a series of defined fractions by a linear accelerator. To ensure the effectiveness of the therapy and the safety of the patient, high reproducibility of the patient position is mandatory. In this paper, we review patient positioning techniques and compare their technical principle, system components, application in workflow, general advantages and drawbacks. Furthermore, we explore future potential for the implementation of digital tools.
AB - External beam radiotherapy is one of the main methods of cancer treatment in curative and palliative oncology. It aims at precise delivery of high dose to a target volume, which is performed in a series of defined fractions by a linear accelerator. To ensure the effectiveness of the therapy and the safety of the patient, high reproducibility of the patient position is mandatory. In this paper, we review patient positioning techniques and compare their technical principle, system components, application in workflow, general advantages and drawbacks. Furthermore, we explore future potential for the implementation of digital tools.
KW - cancer
KW - medical computing
KW - radiation therapy
KW - tumours
KW - target volume
KW - defined fractions
KW - linear accelerator
KW - patient position
KW - patient positioning techniques
KW - external beam radiotherapy
KW - cancer treatment
KW - curative oncology
KW - palliative oncology
KW - precise delivery
KW - patient positioning
KW - radiotherapy
KW - laser based system
KW - Engineering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088898370&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/MeMeA49120.2020.9137355
DO - 10.1109/MeMeA49120.2020.9137355
M3 - Article in conference proceedings
SN - 978-1-7281-5387-2
T3 - IEEE Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2020 - Conference Proceedings
SP - 1
EP - 6
BT - IEEE Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2020 - Conference Proceedings
PB - IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
CY - Piscataway
T2 - International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications - MeMeA 2020
Y2 - 1 June 2020 through 3 June 2020
ER -