摘要:
A system includes emission of a first plurality of radiation beams from respective ones of a first plurality of locations along a first arc, acquisition of a first plurality of projection images of a target based on the first plurality of radiation beams, emission of a second plurality of radiation beams from respective ones of a second plurality of locations along a second arc, acquisition of a second plurality of projection images of the target based on the second plurality of radiation beams, and generation of a three-dimensional image of the target based on the first plurality of projection images and the second plurality of projection images, wherein a density of the first plurality of locations along the first arc is less than the density of the second plurality of locations along the second arc.
摘要:
A system may include a biocompatible housing and an electrical circuit disposed within the housing, the electrical circuit to emit a radiofrequency signal, and wherein the electrical circuit does not comprise a metal. Also included may be a signal generator to generate a wireless signal to trigger the electrical circuit, a receiver to receive a wireless response signal generated by the triggered electrical circuit, a processor to determine a location of the biocompatible housing based on the wireless response signal, and a ion beam source to deliver a ion beam to a patient volume including the biocompatible housing.
摘要:
A system includes acquisition of a three-dimensional cone beam image, and determination of a dose to be delivered based on the three-dimensional image and on parameters of a treatment beam to deliver the dose. Some systems may include modification of a three-dimensional cone beam image to correct for scatter radiation, and determination of a dose based on the modified three-dimensional cone beam image.
摘要:
X-ray portal imaging detectors have multiple layers, such as multiple layers of phosphor screens and/or detectors. Some x-rays that pass through one layer are detected or converted into light energies in a different layer. For example, one phosphor screen is provided in front and another behind that panel detector circuitry. Light generated in each of the phosphor screens is detected by the same detector circuitry. As another example, multiple layers of phosphor screens and associated detector circuits are provided. Some x-rays passing through one layer may be detected in a different layer. High energy x-rays associated with Megavoltage sources as well as lower or higher energy x-rays may be detected.
摘要:
A system includes acquisition of a three-dimensional cone beam image, and determination of a dose to be delivered based on the three-dimensional image and on parameters of a treatment beam to deliver the dose. Some systems may include modification of a three-dimensional cone beam image to correct for scatter radiation, and determination of a dose based on the modified three-dimensional cone beam image.
摘要:
Some embodiments include reception of a first instruction to enter an imaging mode, and, in response to the first instruction, automatic performance of at least one of: reduction of a focal spot size of a radiation beam, movement of a flattening filter out of a path of the radiation beam, replacement of a first target for photon emission with a second target for photon emission, or movement of a scatter-reducing filter into the path of the radiation beam. Embodiments may further include reception of a second instruction to enter a first radiation treatment mode, and, in response to the second instruction, automatic performance at least one of: increase of a focal spot size of the radiation beam, movement of the flattening filter into the path of the radiation beam, replacement of the second target with the first target, or movement of the scatter-reducing filter out of the path of the radiation beam.
摘要:
A system for measuring the distance from a first point spaced away from a surface of an object to a second point on a surface of the object along an axis extending through the first and second points includes one or more light projection assemblies for projecting light stripes onto the surface of the object so that the light stripes pass though the second point. An imaging device detects the position of the second point by sensing the light stripes at the second point. A distance calculator may then calculate the distance between the first point and the second point using the position of the second point detected by the imaging device. The system is calibrated using the cross-ratio of points detected along the axis by the imaging device.
摘要:
Some embodiments include reception of a first instruction to enter an imaging mode, and, in response to the first instruction, automatic performance of at least one of: reduction of a focal spot size of a radiation beam, movement of a flattening filter out of a path of the radiation beam, replacement of a first target for photon emission with a second target for photon emission, or movement of a scatter-reducing filter into the path of the radiation beam. Embodiments may further include reception of a second instruction to enter a first radiation treatment mode, and, in response to the second instruction, automatic performance at least one of: increase of a focal spot size of the radiation beam, movement of the flattening filter into the path of the radiation beam, replacement of the second target with the first target, or movement of the scatter-reducing filter out of the path of the radiation beam.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for providing a high-quality representation of a volume having a real-time 3-D reconstruction therein of movement of an object, wherein the real-time movement of the object is determined using a lower-quality representation of only a portion of the volume. Movement of the object is detected in a 2-D X-ray fluoroscopy image and is reconstructed in a 3-D angiography (X-ray) reconstruction. Using a common C-arm and X-ray geometry advantageously, the 2-D and 3-D data representative of vascular structures of a patient is acquired, thereby facilitating the merger of the real-time 2-D fluoroscopic images with the 3-D reconstructed vascular structures in a common 3-D-visualization framework. Also described is a technique for 3-D reconstruction of a catheter from real-time 2-D fluoroscopic images and stored 3-D angiography data, so as to present the 3-D reconstructed catheter in the common coordinate frame. The merger of 3-D angiography image representations acquired with other modalities, such as MR or CT, is also disclosed.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for three dimensional (3D) computerized tomographic (CT) imaging of a region-of-interest (ROI) in an object, wherein image reconstruction processing is applied to a plurality of sets of 2D cone beam projection data, each set being acquired on a 2D detector at a corresponding plurality of scan path source positions. A first image reconstruction processing step comprises applying a mask to each set of the projection data so that data inside the boundaries of each mask form a corresponding plurality of masked 2D data sets. Next, the data inside each masked 2D data set is filtered along a plurality of parallel lines formed therein, to generate a corresponding plurality of filtered 2D data sets. Each filtered 2D data set corresponds to a calculation of a first estimate of Radon derivative data determined from a given set of the 2D cone beam projection data. The next step comprises adaptively developing 2D correction data for each of the first estimates of Radon derivative data. The final step comprises combining each filtered 2D data set and the adaptively determined 2D correction data calculated therefore, in a weighted 3D backprojection manner into a 3D space, thereby reconstructing a 3D image of the ROI in the object.