⁵ Nissen HD, Appelt AL. Improved heart, lung and target dose with deep inspiration breath hold in a large clinical series of breast cancer patients. Radiother Oncol 2013;106:28–32. doi:10.1016/j.radonc.2012.10.016.
During breast irradiation treatments it is important to protect the hearth and lungs as much as possible, CNERGY Breath Hold monitors the patient’s respiratory motion in order to check that the patient is holding their breath correctly.
Deep inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) is a proven technique resulting in a maximum dose in the treatment area while the surrounding tissue is spared.³
CNERGY Breath Hold consists of a single full HD real time depth camera. The camera is installed at the ceiling of the treatment room. With sub-millimeter accuracy the distance is measured during deep inspiration breath hold to the breath hold monitoring point (isocenter). If the distance is within personalized threshold values the interlock is released and the treatment can be started. Breath hold monitoring can be used during the entire fraction with imaging and treatment beams. Visual feedback using graphs is used to monitor the patient position.
⁵ Nissen HD, Appelt AL. Improved heart, lung and target dose with deep inspiration breath hold in a large clinical series of breast cancer patients. Radiother Oncol 2013;106:28–32. doi:10.1016/j.radonc.2012.10.016.
⁶ Datasheet Breath Hold
Cablon Medical has developed a lead apron configurator that allows you to put together your own lead apron.
