Introduction :
Visual and intuitive iGUIDE software is developed by Rubedo Sistemos. It aids the user with clinical workflows and ensures accurate positioning of the robotic couch to the defined isocenter co-ordinates based on correctional data received from on-board 3D volume imaging system, using all six degrees of freedom.
Customer pain :
One of the obstacles to achieving accuracy in the delivery of radiation therapy is patient positioning under linear accelerator. While modern 3D volume imaging can remove uncertainties arising from organ motion, it takes patient positioning system to complete the IGRT localization chain by enabling accurate and remote geometric correction of any discrepancies observed.
The solution :
Main challenge was to design and implement control software which can drive the robotic patient positioning system and achieve sub-millimeter 6D conformal positioning accuracy, thereby allowing clinicians to reduce margins with confidence, escalate dose and move towards hypofractionated treatment regimes.
iGUIDE uses high-precision real-time optical tracking camera to monitor treatment room and validate the absolute table position, and inhibits treatment if tolerances are exceeded. R&D prototype extension to iGUIDE has been developed, which enables radiation therapy of moving target in the lung area.
Testimonials :
“What has been started as a cooperation with strong research focus about a decade ago meanwhile has transformed into a firm and trustful collaboration on software development for use in medical devices with all subsequent consequences (such as ensuring compliance to key regulatory standards). The iGUIDE software is a key component of our HexaPOD evo RT System now since 2006, meaning that worldwide several hundred of hospitals are using the system on a daily basis.”
DR. MICHAEL ROTH
Director of R&D, Elekta PSC Schwabmünchen Elekta
Medical Intelligence Medizintechnik GmbH
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Contact
Linas Vaitulevičius
Rubedo sistemos
+370 (686) 34 807
linas.vaitulevicius@rubedos.com
