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
Publications
N. Morton, P. Keall, R. O’Brien and T. Reynolds, “CArdiac and REspiratory adaptive Computed Tomography (CARE-CT): a proof-of-concept digital phantom study”, Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine 2022.
N. Morton, R. O’Brien, P. Keall, and T. Reynolds, “System requirements to improve adaptive 4-dimensional computed tomography (4D CT) imaging”. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, 8, 065017, 2022.
N. Morton, J. Sykes, J. Barber, C. Hoffman, P. Keall, and R. O’Brien, “Reducing 4D CT imaging artifacts at the source: first experimental results from the respiratory adaptive computed tomography (REACT) system”. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 65(7) 2020.
Team Contact
For more information about the program and projects, contact Professor Paul Keall
