Structural Analysis and Synthesis of Parallel Robots for Brachytherapy

Cancer represents one of the main causes of death nowadays, due to a complex set of uncontrollable natural and artificial factors. Huge efforts have been made by the entire scientific community to provide better cancer treatment solutions, all aiming to improve survival and life expectancy. An innovative option in the fight against cancer is brachytherapy (BT), called also internal radiation. BT enables to deliver higher doses of radiation to more-specific areas of the body, compared with the conventional form of radiation therapy that projects radiation from a machine outside the body. The paper presents the structural synthesis of suitable innovative parallel robots used in brachytherapy.

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