AlignRT® Advance

AlignRT is a system which tracks a patient’s position before and during radiation therapy, to aid in setup and treatment accuracy. Using proprietary 3D stereo camera units, AlignRT tracks the skin surface, and compares it to the ideal position with submillimetric† accuracy. AlignRT can automatically signal for the treatment delivery system to pause radiation if the patient moves out of the desired position, and there is no need for tattoos or additional radiation.

AlignRT is safe and non-invasive, and can be used for a wide range of conditions including breast, brain, lung, liver, sarcoma, head and neck and other cancers. Published data show benefit for various groups including:

• • Left breast cancer patients: A new study suggests AlignRT helps to reduce radiation heart damage when used with Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH)
• • Brain cancer patients: Two studies suggest AlignRT can deliver the same clinical outcomes as more invasive procedures, with increased patient comfort and fast treatment times
• • Brain cancer patients: Two studies suggest AlignRT can deliver the same clinical outcomes as more invasive procedures, with increased patient comfort and fast treatment times

SafeRT®-ID

SafeRT-ID is a touchless solution for verifying that the right patient is selected for treatment. Improving the accuracy of patient identification and reducing the risk of healthcare-associated infections are two of the key patient safety goals for many modern healthcare systems. Approximately 1 in 31 hospital patients has at least one healthcare-associated infection on any given day.¹ SafeRT-ID provides automated, non-contact patient identification in a discreet, easy to access system. The camera simply scans the patient’s face to verify that the right patient is selected for treatment. SafeRT-ID easily integrates into current workflows, reducing the time needed to go through ID at each appointment, whilst helping you to meet those key patient safety goals.

PATIENT SAFETY
• • Entirely non-contact solution for safe use with immuno-compromised patients
• • Proven facial recognition technology used millions of times per month
• • Helps ensure that the correct patient is treated with the right accessories

PATIENT EXPERIENCE
• • No need for patients to remember ID documents
• • Conversation can be focused on what is important to the patient regarding their treatment
• • Speedy, easy updates in the therapist’s hands

WORKFLOW EFFICIENCY
• • Setup and patient ID in one, easy to access system
• • Allows accessory setup without workflow delays
• • Highly reproducible QR codes eliminate any loss of connectivity when tracking accessories

GateCT®

GateCT offers a flexible solution to many of the challenges of 4DCT acquisition, using a single stereo camera unit which tracks the patient during CT acquisition. GateCT can be used to track a patient’s breathing during CT scanning and thereby enable 4DCT acquisition and reconstruction.

Benefits include:
• Marker-less: No physical markers, box, belt or bellows needed, nor anything attached to the couch
• Non-invasive and no ionizing radiation
• Intuitive: Easy to correct phase tags and label breathing data, tracking data can be viewed offline.

GateRT®

GateRT facilitates free-breathing gating of the beam through real time optical tracking of respiratory motion. Set gating thresholds, determined during the planning process, and select optimal tracking points on your patient’s surface, ensuring efficient and accurate gating. If the patient moves beyond a specified distance out of position or if any abnormal breathing occurs, the radiation beam can be held automatically.

• • Marker-less: No physical markers, box, belt or bellows needed
• • Non-invasive and no ionizing radiation

SRS Module

AlignRT’s stereotactic calibration module allows clinics to deliver the benefits of frameless, open-mask SRS and SBRT / SABR using SGRT. To deliver the accuracy required for SRS, both an open face mask (supplied by various companies) and the SRS calibration cube (supplied by Vision RT) are required. The Head Adjuster is an option to enable SRS for facilities with no couches with 6 degrees of freedom.

The module enables a range of quality assurance tests – TG142 (linear accelerator) and TG147 (non-radiographic imaging).

Tests include: End-to-end localisation assessment, hidden target testing, localisation displacement accuracy, imaging coordinate coincidence across modalities, imaging positioning / repositioning, laser alignment, Winston-Lutz, couch rotation isocenter accuracy