Respiratory Adaptive Computed Tomography (REACT)

Clearer lung cancer images, on standard CT Imagers.

 

Current Results

• Reduces imaging errors by up to 70%
• Reduces imaging by up to 50%

Milestones

• Five publications of simulation and phantom studies in high impact journals
• Development of real-time gating software complete
• Partnership with major CT vendor Siemens Healthineers
• Integration of REACT real-time gating software with clinical CT scanner at Blacktown Hospital, Sydney
• Cancer Australia funding received

Intellectual property

• Keall, P.J. and J.F. Williamson, Method and system of adaptive control for reducing motion artifacts and patient dose in four dimensional computed tomography. 2013
  • US 20070286331 A1
  • WO 2005099382 A2
  • US 8457717 B2

Next steps

• Further phantom studies and optimization
• Helical development
• Clinical trial