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The research of structure parameter optimization process for a novel parallel radiotherapy bed

  • Qiang Guo
  • , Zhijiang Du
  • , Fengfeng Zhang
  • , Licheng Fan
  • , Shaolong Kuang
  • , Lining Sun

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

Abstract

In order to guarantee the preoperative and intraoperative precise positioning demand of the radiotherapy bed in the radiation process, utilizing the advantages of parallel mechanism, in this paper, a parallel structure radiotherapy bed was designed to meet the demands of high positioning precision, high stiffness, high carrying capacity and flexible configuration space which could cover the shortage of the conventional radiotherapy bed. Firstly, this paper analyzed the precise workspace of the radiotherapy bed with kinematics inverse solved by vector algebra method and studied the influence of workspace by changing the rule of all parameters as well as finding the relationships between them in the condition that the size of the moving platform and the fixed platform were limited. Then, in order to meet the requirements of stability and security of the radiotherapy bed, considering the workspace and the forces on it, a new parameter optimization process was proposed with constructing the objective function of the Jacobian matrix condition number, the universe average of condition number and the fluctuation of condition number. The simulation analysis results demonstrated that the overall performance of the radiotherapy bed was considerably improved with the smaller dimensions of the radiotherapy bed, the significantly reduced forces on the structure in the workspace and the smaller condition number of Jacobian matrix with uniform distribution in the whole workspace.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1972-1977
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479970964
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Sep 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event12th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2015 - Beijing, China
Duration: 2 Aug 20155 Aug 2015

Publication series

Name2015 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2015

Conference

Conference12th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2015
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period2/08/155/08/15

Keywords

  • Evaluation index
  • Parameter optimization
  • Radiotherapy bed
  • Workspace analysis

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