Patient positioning system for radiotherapy

    公开(公告)号:USRE47588E1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-03

    申请号:US15222476

    申请日:2016-07-28

    Applicant: Brainlab AG

    Abstract: A patient positioning system for radiotherapy, comprising a device for positioning a patient within the framework of treatment planning, using image detection and/or carrying out radiation treatment, comprising a patient bed on which a patient is positioned, wherein means are provided by which the same bed may be arranged both on a planning couch for image detection within the framework of treatment planning as well as on a radiotherapy table, and by providing a reference means on the patient bed by which the position of the immobilized patient or of a marked radiation target is determined with respect to the patient bed. Within this framework, a corresponding method is also provided, as well as an adjusting means for the transport and the bed.

    Controlling a process of monitoring the position of a patient during radiation treatment

    公开(公告)号:US10357664B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-23

    申请号:US14835884

    申请日:2015-08-26

    Applicant: Brainlab AG

    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for controlling a process of monitoring the position of at least a part of a patient's body (1) during a radiation treatment, the method comprising the following steps: a) providing an energy value which is dependent on the radiation energy applied to the patient's body (1); b) controlling the time at which the monitoring process is performed, in accordance with the energy value.

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