The Remove-the-Mask Open-Source head and neck Surface-Guided radiation therapy system.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Surface Guided Radiotherapy (SGRT) for head and neck radiotherapy is challenging as obstructions are common and non-rigid facial motion can compromise surface accuracy. The purpose of this work was to develop and benchmark the Remove the Mask (RtM) SGRT system, an open-source system especially designed to address the challenges faced in radiotherapy of head and neck cancer.

Materials and methods

The accuracy of the RtM SGRT system was benchmarked using a head phantom positioned on a robotic motion platform capable of sub-millimetre accuracy which was used to induce unidirectional shifts and to reproduce three real head motion traces. We also assessed the accuracy of the system in ten humans volunteers. The ground truth motion of the volunteers was obta

SUBMITTER: Ben Bouchta Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10847032 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature