DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED TREATMENT CHAIR FOR RADIATION THERAPY

本项目旨在设计一种治疗椅，克服了 市售椅子的固有设计限制。这把椅子 WIN功能独立于治疗床， 以扩展等中心方式在任何方向上进行野治疗（ 旋转中心的距离将大于标准 加速器的等中心点）。它将能够准确，可重复 在横向、纵向和垂直平面中的旋转和平移。 如果可能的话，椅子将与标准放射治疗模拟器一起工作 以允许适当的定位、固定和治疗计划。 椅子是根据“工具平台”原则设计的。也就是 椅子将作为一个平台，允许各种附件 可以以允许的方式放置的附加装置 适当固定患者，而不过度限制治疗 交付.

This project is intended to design a treatment chair which overcomes the inherent design limitations of commercially available chairs. This chair win function independently of the treatment couch so as to permit opposed field treatment in any orientation in an extended isocentric fashion (the center of rotation will be at a distance greater than the standard isocenter of the accelerator). It will be capable of accurate, reproducible rotation and translation in the lateral, longitudinal and vertical planes. If possible, the chair will function with a standard radiotherapy simulator to permit proper localization, immobilization and treatment planning. The chair is being designed on the "tool platform" principle. That is, the chair will function as a platform, allowing the attachment of various additional devices which can be placed in such a manner that they permit proper immobilization of the patient without unduly restricting treatment delivery.