A room-based diagnostic imaging system for measurement of patient setup.

A room-based diagnostic x-ray imaging system for routine measurement of radiotherapy patient orientation has been developed. The system consists of a pair of room-mounted x-ray tubes and a portable imager consisting of an orthogonal pair of phosphor screens, a mirror/lens system, a CCD camera, and computer software for comparing images of the patient to reference images. Orthogonal pairs of images can be acquired quickly and with relatively little exposure, allowing correction of patient setup on a daily basis. This could limit patient setup error to the uncertainty in the measurement and repositioning processes, a potentially significant improvement over the present standard.

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