Patient positioning in the proton radiotherapy era.
The main hindrance to the diffusion of proton therapy facilities is the high cost for gantry installations. An alternative technical option is provided by fixed-beam treatment rooms, where the patient is rotated and translated in space with a robotic arm solution to enable beam incidence from various angles. The technological efforts based on robotic applications made up to now for patient positioning in proton beam facilities are described here, highlighting their limitations and perspectives.
Devicienti
Salvatore
S
Radiotherapy ASL Brindisi A.Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy.
Strigari
Lidia
L
D'Andrea
Marco
M
Benassi
Marcello
M
Dimiccoli
Vincenzo
V
Portaluri
Maurizio
M
D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D056888:Patient Positioning / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D061766:Proton Therapy; D018787:Radiation Oncology / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D012371:Robotics; D011522:Protons
D011522:Protons
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