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Advances in Robotics & Automation

ISSN: 2168-9695

Open Access

Rodney Wiersma

Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadel-Phia, USA

Publications
  • Review Article   
    Recent Trends in Frameless and Mask Less Patient Motion Compensation in External Beam Radiation Therapy
    Author(s): Olalekan Ogunmolu and Rodney Wiersma*

    Recently, frameless and mask less patient motion correction systems based on image-guided robot positioning have been proposed for patient motion compensation in radiation therapy. A majority of these works utilize rigid kinematic mechanisms for motion correction. However, these rigid mechanical components interfere with the therapeutic radiation beam. In addition, they share their complete workspace with the patient’s body (risking safety), and their constant curvature components are hardly suitable for manipulating the soft tissues of the human body. In this report, we highlight some recent advancement that aim to stem these issues in our line of work: these systems utilize soft mechanisms for patient motion compensation in robotic radiation therapy. Essentially, we propose a soft parallel multi degree of freedom robot to counterbalance the currently prevalen.. Read More»
    DOI: 10.37421/2168-9695.2021.s5.011

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