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Imaging and Control for Adaptive Radiotherapy

Authors:Haas Olivier, Coventry University, United Kingdom
Bueno Gloria, University Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Spriestersbach Ralf, Coventry University, United Kingdom
Himmler Heiko, Coventry University, Germany
Burnham Keith, Coventry University, United Kingdom
Mills John, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, United Kingdom
Topic:8.2 Modelling & Control of Biomedical Systems
Session:Control Applications to Life Medicine I
Keywords: medical applications, control system design, image processing, robot, PID control

Abstract

This paper reviews existing techniques to deliver radiotherapy treatment and describes the requirements from a control engineering view point to adapt radiation delivery to organs motion. The first part describes recent evolution of radiotherapy research; the second part focuses on imaging modalities used in radiotherapy; the third part reviews image processing techniques to detect organ movement; the final section compares traditional PID with predictive control strategies for use in patient positioning devices.