The invention, which belongs to the
medical equipment technology field, relates to a
respiratory gating indication method used for radiotherapy and an apparatus thereof. The method comprises the following steps that: a remote controller that includes a CPU
microprocessor, an arrangement key, control keys, a
liquid crystal display, an
infrared remote controlled coding circuit and an emitting device of the circuit is arranged; an
infrared reception and decoding circuit, a second CPU
microprocessor, an auxiliary LED indicating lamp and a
nixie tube display are arranged; an indicator comprising a third CPU
microprocessor, a drive circuit, a main LED indicating lamp and a sounder is arranged; and a power source is arranged. According to the invention, clear light and sound indication can be provided for a patient; therefore, an influence of a respiratory movement can be effectively reduced; localization precision of thoracic-abdominal tumor
radiation therapy target region can be substantially improved; unnecessary
irradiation on a normal organ and a normal part can be effectively avoided; and occurrences of phenomena of damage and
necrosis of normal cells can be avoided or reduced. Besides, the apparatus is cheap and can be applied conveneitnly. Moreover, the method and the apparatus can be widely applied to
radiation therapy of several kinds of tumors like a thoracic tumor, an abdominal tumor, a
lung tumor, a
liver tumor, a renal tumor and a
breast tumor and the like.