Investigating the impact of non-standard positioning on the accuracy of skull tracking algorithms using dual-panel imaging systems
He Huang, Lian Zhang, Yunfei Bian, Yang Dong, Hongyu Lin, Hui Xu, Ying Li · 2024
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Description
Huang and colleagues test in twenty twenty-four whether a robotic radiation system tracks the skull well when a patient's head is not in the standard lying position. The system treats brain lesions and follows skull position in six dimensions using two X-ray panels. Staff worried that tilted or turned heads might throw its tracking off.
Using a skull model with varied tissue density, the team set the head at many angles. They compared skull tracking against marker tracking, a method that does not depend on head pose. Gaps between the two methods were tiny and not meaningful at any angle. Dose checks also passed clinical limits in all cases. Patients, they conclude, need not hold a strict pose for accurate treatment.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | He Huang, Lian Zhang, Yunfei Bian, Yang Dong, Hongyu Lin, Hui Xu, Ying Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |