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We propose an image-based visual servoing of a 6 dof manipulator robot used for patient alignment in protontherapy. In the case of intra-skull tumour treatment, patient’s head is fixed to a couch by a plastic mould contention mask. The couch is carried and displaced by the end-effector of the robot, in order to position the tumour with respect to the proton beam isocenter. The end-effector velocity is computed on the basis of four image feature points. In a pre-operatory calibration, patient’s head is correctly positioned, which is ensured by use of two X-rays shot of the skull, and a reference image of the head is stored as a template of correct alignment. The image is divided into four quadrants: the center of each quarter defines a goal feature, this set of points defines a desired feature vector of eight elements. Each quadrant is modeled by a combination of its grey levels, edges and a set of corners. The feature points are further matched using a template matching strategy with a window sliding around the reference location. In a daily patient repositioning, the translation between each quadrant center w.r.t its template is computed to build the image error function. A proportional control law is used to compute the manipulator velocity w.r.t to the error function and the image Jacobian. The complete algorithm runs at 200 ms/frame on a standard PIV PC. The aim of that video-based patient repositioning could avoid X-ray verification of patient alignment, reducing patient dose and duration of treatment sessions.
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Belaroussi, R., Morel, G. (2008). Visual Servoing for Patient Alignment in ProtonTherapy. In: Bebis, G., et al. Advances in Visual Computing. ISVC 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5359. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89646-3_83
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