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