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  • Medical Physics
  • Biomedical Optics
  • Radiation Oncology

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  • Traditional immobilization and marker-based motion tracking in radiation therapy reduce patient comfort.
  • Optical surface tracking offers a more comfortable alternative but suffers from inaccuracies due to point cloud mismatches and soft tissue deformation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a proof of concept for measuring subcutaneous features, specifically skin thickness, using a laser scanner setup.
  • To enhance the accuracy of optical surface tracking by incorporating skin thickness as an additional input parameter.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Monte-Carlo simulations for multi-layered tissue models to analyze laser light interaction.
  • Extracted informative features from simulated tissue reflection by integrating intensities within concentric Regions of Interest (ROIs).
  • Trained a regression model on simulated data to predict skin thickness and evaluated compensation methods for observation angles.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated the extraction of informative features from simulated tissue reflection data.
  • Achieved a root mean square error as low as 18 µm in predicting skin thickness using a trained regression model.
  • Showcased that compensation for varying observation angles resulted in errors below 90 µm.

Conclusions:

  • The study presents a promising proof of concept for using laser scanning to measure subcutaneous skin thickness.
  • This technique has the potential to significantly improve the accuracy of optical surface tracking in radiation therapy.
  • Further research is encouraged towards developing a practical prototype for clinical application.