Improving patient safety in radiation therapy with the Watchdog real-time treatment delivery verification system

放射治疗是一种非常有效的癌症治疗，使用非常复杂的治疗机器提供极高的剂量。不幸的是，发生了导致患者死亡和虐待的错误。我们开发了一种新的方法来实时评估治疗交付，以防止错误。该方法使用已经存在于治疗机上的成像设备，这意味着该方法可能对现代放射治疗中的患者安全产生重大影响。

Radiation therapy is a highly effective cancer treatment with extremely high doses delivered using very complex treatment machines. Unfortunately errors have occurred resulting in cases of patient death and mistreatment. We have developed a novel method to assess the treatment delivery in real-time to prevent errors. The method uses imaging devices that are already present on the treatment machine meaning that this method could have a major impact on patient safety in modern radiation therapy.