Development and evaluation of a positioning system for radiotherapy patient based on structured light surface imaging.
10.7507/1001-5515.202304052
- Author:
Yungang WANG
1
;
Gongsen ZHANG
2
;
Xianrui YAN
3
;
Guangjie YANG
1
;
Wei WANG
3
;
Jian ZHU
3
;
Linlin WANG
2
Author Information
1. School of Basic Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, P. R. China.
2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250117, P. R. China.
3. Department of Radiation Physics and Technology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250117, P. R. China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Noninvasive;
Optical surface;
Point cloud;
Radiotherapy positioning;
Structured light
- MeSH:
Humans;
Patient Positioning/methods*;
Phantoms, Imaging;
Cone-Beam Computed Tomography;
Algorithms;
Radiotherapy, Image-Guided/methods*;
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted/methods*
- From:
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
2025;42(2):237-245
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
This paper aims to propose a noninvasive radiotherapy patient positioning system based on structured light surface imaging, and evaluate its clinical feasibility. First, structured light sensors were used to obtain the panoramic point clouds during radiotherapy positioning in real time. The fusion of different point clouds and coordinate transformation were realized based on optical calibration and pose estimation, and the body surface was segmented referring to the preset region of interest (ROI). Then, the global-local registration of cross-source point cloud was achieved based on algorithms such as random sample consensus (RANSAC) and iterative closest point (ICP), to calculate 6 degrees of freedom (DoF) positioning deviation and provide guidance for the correction of couch shifts. The evaluation of the system was carried out based on a rigid adult phantom and volunteers' body, which included positioning error, correlation analysis, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Using Cone Beam CT (CBCT) as the gold standard, the maximum translation and rotation errors of this system were (1.5 ± 0.9) mm along Vrt direction (chest) and (0.7 ± 0.3) ° along Pitch direction (head and neck). The Pearson correlation coefficient between results of system outputs and CBCT verification distributed in an interval of [0.80, 0.84]. Results of ROC analysis showed that the translational and rotational AUC values were 0.82 and 0.85, respectively. In the 4D freedom accuracy test on the human body of volunteers, the maximum translation and rotation errors were (2.6 ± 1.1) mm (Vrt direction, chest and abdomen) and (0.8 ± 0.4)° (Rtn direction, chest and abdomen) respectively. In summary, the positioning system based on structured light body surface imaging proposed in this article can ensure positioning accuracy without surface markers and additional doses, and is feasible for clinical application.
