Patient positioning device and method for positioning a patient on an irradiation device by means of a patient positioning device

摘要

For a patient positioning device (1) having a robot arm (2) which has at least five rotational movement axes (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21) and on which a patient receiving device is held, it is provided that the patient positioning device comprises at least one linear guide (3 ), by means of which the robot arm (2) is translationally movable. A method for positioning a patient on an irradiation device (74) by means of the patient positioning device (1) provides that data are taken which indicate the position of a target area (71, 72) of the irradiation device (74) that the position of an area to be irradiated (85) of the patient (75) by means of an imaging unit (9) is determined, and that the patient recording is then moved so that the area to be irradiated (75) in the target area (71, 72) of the irradiation device (74) is arranged ,