RPS mini – Stereotactic radiotherapy

More precise radiation

  • Easy to use
  • Perfect results
  • IGRT

RPS – miniStereotactic radiotherapy

More precise radiation

  • Easy to use
  • Perfect results
  • IGRT

Patient weight
 

Angle Correction

Angle correction
 

Various types of tabletop boards available

Various types of tabletop
boards available

Accuracy
 

Multiple brain metastases corrected via XVI Data

The 6 DoF add on couch allows correction after cone beam CT

Imaging procedures are essential for the stereotactic radiotherapy of brain metastases. Precision radiotherapy significantly improves the success of treatment. Imaging techniques are already used for this purpose in the diagnosis and planning of stereotactic radiotherapy of brain metastases. Different methods, such as magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography, are used. Shortly before treatment, additional image guidance acquisition is performed with the help of a Cone beam CT. This allows the immediate correction of deviations in positioning and facilitates modern precision radiotherapy. Stereotactic radiotherapy of brain metastases in particular takes place within highly sensitive risk structures and must therefore be planned and performed with pinpoint precision to minimize side effects for the benefit of the patient.

  • Stereotactic radiotherapy
  • Image guided Radiotherapy
  • Brain radiotherapy
  • Fractioned radiotherapy
  • Radiotherapy mask

Innovative and extra flat couch top

Call us to find out how to upgrade already existing patient couches to a six degrees of freedom table with the innovative RPS mini. We will be pleased to advise you extensively.

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  • 28 years experience
  • Safe and economical solutions “outside the box“
  • Benfits for Medical Physicists in radiation cancer therapy

The “RPS mini” offers various benefits and new solutions for existing linear accelerators.

We are looking forward to your inquiry!

Perfect support for innovative treatments

  • small height with only 17 cm (6.7”)
  • cost-effective modernization of existing patient couches
  • quick and easy installation
  • all standard technical add ons can be attached on the RPS mini
  • illuminated buttons for an optimal user comfort

Improved patient positioning

for even more safety

Suitable for various manufacturer of immobilization devices

Thanks to the connecting plate the RPS mini can be used with various carbon plates which were available on the market

Stereotactic cranial radiotherapy spares the surrounding tissue in the brain as much as possible. Motion management radiotherapy can be optimized by securing the patient in place. A prerequisite for this, however, is a suitable radiotherapy mask that keeps the patient’s head immobile during therapy. Immobilization ensures that the radiation dose in the target structure is actually achieved as calculated in advance. This reduces the likelihood of recurrence and protects the surrounding brain tissue. A thermoplastic radiotherapy mask is usually used nowadays for radiotherapy movement management. The radiotherapy mask cost depends on the system used from different manufacturers. The RPS mini fits all of the manufacturers’ systems and accessories. This allows us to continue to keep the cost of consumables, such as the radiotherapy mask cost, low.

Advantages

Optimize radiotherapy

for brain cancer

Optimize radiotherapy for brain cancer

Combined planning of brain mets saves time and reduces radiotherapy side effects

CBCT imaging in radiotherapy should be used whenever the type of tumor, the tumor location, the calculated dose, or adjacent risk structures limit safety margins. Radiotherapy for brain cancer is most often performed in high-risk tissue, such as near the brain stem or optic nerve. With CBCT imaging in radiotherapy, the patient’s treatment risk is reduced despite the overall higher exposure to radiation. Imaging and fixation with face masks for brain tumor radiotherapy improves the radiotherapy’s precision. At the same time, the duration of treatment can usually be shortened because immobilization with the face mask for radiotherapy allows higher and thus more efficient doses in the target structure.

Advantages

RPS mini

  • XYZ Correction up to +/- 30mm
  • Low add on height (only 13 cm)

Stereotactic radiotherapy

Stereotactic radiotherapy is usually performed in six steps, which also apply for brain tumor radiotherapy: Indication, Planning: CT for stereotactic radiotherapy, Radiation plan, Simulation and verification of the treatment, Brain tumor radiotherapy, Follow-up care

Image guided Radiotherapy

What is image-guided radiotherapy? Its most distinguishing feature is the tremendous precision of image-guided radiotherapy. Linear accelerators are equipped with computed tomography image guidance.

Brain radiotherapy

Predefined imaging protocols for radiotherapy ensure efficient workflows during planning. This is the only way to ensure direct processing of all the images in the treatment planning system.

Fractioned radiotherapy

Portal imaging in radiotherapy is an important tool for verifying correct patient positioning for fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy. In portal imaging in radiotherapy, images are generated by projecting the inside of the body with the treatment beam onto a screen and these are then made available as a digital image.

Radiotherapy mask

Stereotactic radiotherapy in the brain aims to fight the tumor while sparing the patient as much as possible. As a result, patient positioning is critical in radiotherapy: The more precisely the patient is positioned under the linear accelerator, the more accurate the radiotherapy.

Stereotactic radiotherapy

Submillimeter correction

Compatible with various immobilization manufacturer

Stereotactic radiotherapy is usually performed in six steps, which also apply for brain tumor radiotherapy:

• Indication
• Planning: CT for stereotactic radiotherapy
• Radiation plan
• Simulation and verification of the treatment
• Brain tumor radiotherapy
• Follow-up care

Imaging techniques are continuously improving the quality of brain tumor radiotherapy. Even in the planning stage of stereotactic radiotherapy, images from MRI and CT are used to precisely determine the position of the tumor in the patient for radiation. The radiation plan specifies the contouring of the target structure and the doses and frequency of radiation.

A dummy can then be used to simulate and verify the radiotherapy. This is followed by the actual treatment of the immobilized patient in accordance with the established parameters. If the radiotherapy machine images are then evaluated before the radiation treatment and the patient is corrected with the help of a 6D couch, the surrounding tissue is spared as much as possible. The success of the treatment is monitored during follow-up care.

  • more precision
  • more protection of healthy tissue
Stereotactic radiotherapy

Image guided radiotherapy

Improve the stereotactic radiotherapy success rate

Motion under control as best as possible

What is image guided radiation therapy? The stereotactic radiotherapy success rate has improved significantly in recent years thanks to Image guided radiotherapy. Technical innovations allow additional corrections through imaging directly on the radiation emitter. But what actually is Image guided radiotherapy? Its most distinguishing feature is the tremendous precision of Image guided radiotherapy. Linear accelerators are equipped with computed tomography image guidance. To ensure the best possible treatment of tumors, additional imaging is performed shortly before radiation and the position of the tumor is checked or even corrected accordingly. Time-resolved 4D radiotherapy is used for tumors in the lungs or upper abdomen.

The advantage of 4D radiotherapy is that the movement of the tumor is incorporated into the treatment, increasing the success rate of stereotactic radiotherapy. The main advantages for patients are that this can reduce the target structure and better protect the surrounding tissue.

  • No compromise in treatment
  • Every submillimeter count

Brain radiotherapy

Submillimeter correction is so important

Pinpoint radiation for the life beyond

Predefined radiotherapy imaging protocols ensure efficient workflows during planning. This is the only way to ensure direct processing of all the images in the treatment planning system. Brain radiotherapy, in particular, relies on ever new technical improvements to provide patients with the best possible protection against the side effects of radiotherapy. So, in the future for brain radiotherapy, patient biovariability will already be included in the planning stage. A wide variety of imaging techniques are also consulted and considered for planning, because each imaging technique has its specific advantages. To this end, uniform radiotherapy imaging protocols are important for automatically processing the acquired images.

Once all the data have been processed, even lower dose inputs can be achieved in the future during irradiation, which in turn means less stress for patients. This is especially important to consider when sensitive structures, such as the lens of the eye, are in close proximity.

  • Compatible for all immobilization devices
  • Correct the setup inaccuracies

Fractioned radiotherapy

Use the best thermal masks for radiotherapy for the best immobilization

Our connecting plate enables this feature

Portal imaging in radiotherapy is an important tool for verifying correct patient positioning for fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy. In portal imaging in radiotherapy, images are generated by projecting the inside of the body with the treatment beam onto a screen and these are then made available as a digital image. The procedure supports the correct positioning of the patient, especially for high-precision, fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy. For small-volume tumors especially, fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy is an efficient procedure that allows the surrounding tissue to be spared as much as possible. For this reason, it is also used for brain metastases. A mask for radiotherapy is used to ensure that the patient’s head remains absolutely immobile during high-precision radiotherapy.

The mask for the thermoplastic shell radiotherapy of brain metastases is usually a thermoplastic shell that is customized to fit the patient’s face and head. The thermoplastic shell is heated for this purpose so that the material can be flexibly applied to the contours of the face. After cooling, the thermoplastic tray for the radiotherapy of brain metastases is rigid and reliably secures the head to the treatment couch.

  • Flexible connecting plate
  • 6D correction
Fractioned radiotherapy

Radiotherapy mask

The right thermal shell is so important for the best treatment

Fit for the future thanks to the compatibility to all immobilization device

Stereotactic radiotherapy in the brain aims to fight the tumor while sparing the patient as much as possible. As a result, patient positioning is critical in radiotherapy: The more precisely the patient is positioned under the linear accelerator, the more accurate the radiotherapy. Immobilization radiotherapy ensures that the body remains in the ideal position for treatment. This is particularly important for stereotactic radiotherapy in the brain, where sensitive structures are located in the immediate vicinity of the tumor. To minimize side effects, patient positioning in radiotherapy is precisely planned and calculated in advance of treatment. Once the ideal position is found, deviations are minimized by immobilization – and radiotherapy can begin.

  • Sparing the patient as much as possible.
  • The more precisely the patient is positioned under the linear accelerator, the more accurate the radiotherapy.
  • To minimize side effects, patient positioning in radiotherapy is precisely planned and calculated in advance of treatment.

Datasheet – RPS mini
(RPS mini – Technical data)

RPS mini“ by gKteso: 6-DoF Robotic Couch System for Radiology Treatments

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