Antenna array technology for radar respiration measurement in motion-adaptive lung cancer radiotherapy

Changzhan Gu, Zeeshan Salmani, Hualiang Zhang, Changzhi Li

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Abstract

Lung cancer radiotherapy is subject to tumor motion caused mainly by respiration, due to the internal organ link. Motion-adaptive radiotherapy delivers most effective radiation dose to the tumor, while minimizes the damage to normal tissues. Accurate tumor tracking, an attractive motion-adaptive radiotherapy, requires accurate measurement of respiration at multiple body locations. Radar respiration measurement is a promising noncontact and noninvasive approach for lung cancer radiotherapy. However, the limited room for integrating radar sensors in the linear accelerator calls for miniature but high-performance antennas. In this paper, compact antenna array is employed for radar respiration measurement in motion-adaptive lung cancer radiotherapy. Potentially, one radar is enough to simultaneously measure respiration at chest and abdomen. Simulation and experimental results show that the proposed antenna array serves as a good option for radar respiration measurement in motion-adaptive radiotherapy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRWW 2012 - Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication2012 IEEE Topical Conference on Biomedical Wireless Technologies, Networks, and Sensing Systems, BioWireleSS 2012
Pages21-24
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 IEEE Topical Conference on Biomedical Wireless Technologies, Networks, and Sensing Systems, BioWireleSS 2012 - Santa Clara, CA, United States
Duration: Jan 15 2012Jan 18 2012

Publication series

NameRWW 2012 - Proceedings: 2012 IEEE Topical Conference on Biomedical Wireless Technologies, Networks, and Sensing Systems, BioWireleSS 2012

Conference

Conference2012 IEEE Topical Conference on Biomedical Wireless Technologies, Networks, and Sensing Systems, BioWireleSS 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySanta Clara, CA
Period01/15/1201/18/12

Keywords

  • Radar sensor
  • lung cancer
  • motion-adaptive
  • radiotherapy
  • respiration

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