The use of industrial robot arms for high precision patient positioning

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作者：

Katuin, JE ^{[1
]}

Schreuder, AN ^{[1
]}

Starks, WM ^{[1
]}

Doskow, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Indiana Univ, Cyclotron Facil, Bloomington, IN 47408 USA

来源：

APPLICATION OF ACCELERATORS IN RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY | 2003年 / 680卷

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TL [原子能技术]; O571 [原子核物理学];

学科分类号：

0827 ; 082701 ;

摘要：

The Indiana University Cyclotron Facility (IUCF) is in the process of designing and building the Midwest Proton Radiation Institute (MPRI) [1]. The design process includes the development of several patient treatment systems. This paper discusses the use of two such systems that provide for the high precision positioning of a patient. They are the Patient Positioner System and the X-ray system. The Patient Positioner System positions an immobilized patient on a support device to a treatment position based on a prescribed Treatment Plan. The X-ray system uses an industrial robot arm to position a Digital Radiography Panel to acquire an X-ray image to verify the location of the prescribed treatment volume in a patient by comparing the acquired images with reference images obtained from the patient's Treatment plan.

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页码：1138 / 1141

页数：4