Brachytherapy next generation: robotic systems

Tiberiu Popescu; Alex Cristian Kacsó; Doina Pisla; Gabriel Kacsó

doi:10.5114/jcb.2015.56769

eISSN: 2081-2841
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Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy

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Case report

Brachytherapy next generation: robotic systems

Tiberiu Popescu

,

Alex Cristian Kacsó

,

Doina Pisla

,

Gabriel Kacsó

J Contemp Brachytherapy 2015; 7, 6: 510-514

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2015.56769

Online publish date: 2015/12/30

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In a field dominated by external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), both the therapeutic and technical possibilities of brachytherapy (BT) are underrated, shadowed by protons and intensity modulated radiotherapy. Decreasing expertise and indications, as well as increasing lack of specific BT training for radiation therapy (RT) residents led to the real need of shortening its learning curve and making it more popular. Developing robotic BT devices can be a way to mitigate the above issues. There are many teams working at custom-made robotic BT platforms to perfect and overcome the limitations of the existing systems. This paper provides a picture of the current state-of-the-art in robotic assisted BT, as it also conveys the author’s solution to the problem, a parallel robot that uses CT-guidance.

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Brachytherapy next generation: robotic systems

Tiberiu Popescu , Alex Cristian Kacsó , Doina Pisla , Gabriel Kacsó

brachytherapy, image-guidance, parallel robots, robotic systems

Tiberiu Popescu

,

Alex Cristian Kacsó

,

Doina Pisla

,

Gabriel Kacsó