CT

This project revisits the concept of upright radiotherapy and uses modern technology to determine the benefits and challenges of upright radiotherapy. Upright radiotherapy allows for gantry-free treatment, significantly reducing the cost and size of machines.

One key step of radiotherapy treatment planning is contouring the OARs. Historically, clinicians have manually delineated these contours. Studies have shown significant differences in contours among various clinicians (inter-observer variability). Recently, AI solutions have offered a promising alternative to the traditional manual delineation approach.

Over the course of radiotherapy treatment the patient’s body might change. For successful treatment we need to ensure that the treatment is delivered as it was intended on planning CTs. The changes to the patient’s body might result in less effective treatment or side effects of the treatment.