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Development and Accuracy Evaluation of Augmented Reality-based Patient Positioning System in Radiotherapy: A Phantom
Kazuo Tarutani1,2, Haruyuki Takaki3, Masataka Igeta4
1Department of Radiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
Background/Aim:
To develop and evaluate the accuracy of augmented reality (AR)-based patient positioning systems in radiotherapy.
Materials And Methods:
AR head-mounted displays (AR-HMDs), which virtually superimpose a three-dimensional (3D) image generated by the digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) data, have been developed. The AR-based positioning feasibility was evaluated. Then, the setup errors of three translational axes directions and rotation angles between the AR and the conventional laser-based positioning were compared.
Results:
The AR-based pelvic phantom positioning was feasible. The setup errors of AR-based positioning were comparable to laser-based positioning in all translational axis directions and rotation angles. The time necessary for AR-based positioning was significantly longer than that for laser-based positioning (171.0 s vs. 47.5 s, p<0.001).
Conclusion:
AR-based positioning for radiotherapy was feasible, and showed comparable positioning errors to those of conventional line-based positioning; however, a markedly longer setup time was necessary.
