Motion Capture Pillow (MCP): A novel method to improve comfort and accuracy in radiotherapy

Goldsworthy, Simon; McNair, Helen; Dogramadzi, Sanja

Abstract

The delivery of radiotherapy has changed significantly over the last few decades. Recent advances in radiotherapy practice may increase patient discomfort. A key challenge to improve patient comfort is the common use of a thermoplastic mask for patients with head and neck cancers. Patients suffer from discomfort and the claustrophobic effect of the mask, or as they lose soft tissue due to treatment and gain undesirable movement in the mask. A prototype system using a robotic motion capture pillow (MCP) is investigated for proof-of-concept and is pictorially presented for the potential replacement of thermoplastic masks.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 1, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Apr 11, 2024
• Publication Date: Mar 31, 2019
• Deposit Date: Jun 4, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 1, 2020
• Journal: Clinical Medicine
• Print ISSN: 1470-2118
• Electronic ISSN: 1473-4893
• Publisher: Royal College of Physicians
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 19
• Issue: Suppl2
• Pages: s103
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.19-2-s103
• Keywords: motion sensing, radiotherapy
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/851130
• Publisher URL: http://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.19-2-s103
• Contract Date: Jun 4, 2019