Medical software

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Lung Motion Management1 aims to enable the imaging of even the smallest of lung tumors in motion for high-precision, non-invasive radiotherapy. Challenges of Lung Tumors in Motion Each year, more people die of lung cancer than breast, prostate and pancreatic cancer combined2. Lung tumors move during respiration, making them difficult to target during radiotherapy. Having produced and launched Elements and ExacTrac Dynamic® , Brainlab has gathered extensive experience in treatment planning as well as positioning and monitoring tumors with high precision. To address the challenges of lung treatments, we are developing the following Lung Motion Management1 workflow to analyze and correlate these types of movements to enable high-precision radiotherapy for lung tumors. Precise Analysis of Tumor Movement Four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) enables the visualization of a tumor in motion throughout the entire respiratory cycle. Elements Motion Analysis1 identifies visible structures that move along with very small lung tumors (tracking surrogate). Visible bronchi in the surrounding area are then used for orientation and to reliably track tumor movement. Patient Positioning with State-of-the-Art Imaging Technology ExacTrac Dynamic® enables millimeter-precise positioning of patients using revolutionary thermal surface camera technology with real-time X-Ray tracking. This facilitates an immediate response to minimal patient movement during irradiation.