Method and Apparatus for Using a Designated Patient Structure as an Area to be Masked From Radiation
    3.
    发明申请
    Method and Apparatus for Using a Designated Patient Structure as an Area to be Masked From Radiation 审中-公开
    使用指定患者结构作为要从辐射掩蔽的区域的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20140275702A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-18

    申请号:US14040095

    申请日:2013-09-27

    IPC分类号: A61N5/10

    摘要: A control circuit provides a user with an opportunity to designate one or more patient structures for a particular patient that are to be protected from radiation. When optimizing a radiation-treatment plan for that patient, then, the control circuit uses the designated patient structure(s) as an area to be masked from radiation during administration of the radiation-treatment plan. By one approach the aforementioned opportunity to designate patient structures as being designated patient structures comprises providing the user with an opportunity to so designate patient structures via a display. The aforementioned masking can be accomplished as desired including by appropriate use of a multi-leaf collimator.

    摘要翻译: 控制电路为用户提供指定要被保护免受辐射的特定患者的一个或多个患者结构的机会。 当优化该患者的放射治疗计划时,控制电路在给予辐射治疗计划期间使用指定的患者结构作为被辐射掩蔽的区域。 通过一种方法,将患者结构指定为指定的患者结构的上述机会包括向患者提供通过显示器指定患者结构的机会。 可以根据需要包括通过适当使用多叶准直器来实现上述掩蔽。

    Method and apparatus for using a designated patient structure as an area to be masked from radiation

    公开(公告)号:US10315045B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-11

    申请号:US14040095

    申请日:2013-09-27

    IPC分类号: A61N5/10

    摘要: A control circuit provides a user with an opportunity to designate one or more patient structures for a particular patient that are to be protected from radiation. When optimizing a radiation-treatment plan for that patient, then, the control circuit uses the designated patient structure(s) as an area to be masked from radiation during administration of the radiation-treatment plan. By one approach the aforementioned opportunity to designate patient structures as being designated patient structures comprises providing the user with an opportunity to so designate patient structures via a display. The aforementioned masking can be accomplished as desired including by appropriate use of a multi-leaf collimator.

    Dose-distribution estimation in proton therapy

    公开(公告)号:US10159853B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-25

    申请号:US15085804

    申请日:2016-03-30

    IPC分类号: A61N5/10

    摘要: A system for estimating a dose from a proton therapy plan includes a memory that stores machine instructions and a processor coupled to the memory that executes the machine instructions to subdivide a representation of a volume of interest in a patient anatomy traversed by a planned proton field into a plurality of voxels. The processor further executes the machine instructions to determine the distance from the source of the planned proton beam to one of the voxels. The processor also executes the machine instructions to compute the discrete contribution at the voxel to an estimated dose received by the volume of interest from the planned proton beam based on the distance between the source and the volume of interest.

    DECISION SUPPORT TOOL FOR CHOOSING TREATMENT PLANS
    9.
    发明申请
    DECISION SUPPORT TOOL FOR CHOOSING TREATMENT PLANS 审中-公开
    决定支持工具选择治疗计划

    公开(公告)号:US20150095044A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-04-02

    申请号:US14040479

    申请日:2013-09-27

    IPC分类号: G06F19/00

    摘要: Patient data can be used to determine input values to different estimation functions for different treatment types. The estimation functions can each be used to estimate one or more outcome values for the respective treatment. A quality score can be determined using the outcome value(s). A first treatment plan having an optimal quality score can be identified, e.g., by displaying the treatment plans with the quality scores, which may correspond to the outcome values.

    摘要翻译: 患者数据可用于确定不同治疗类型的不同估计功能的输入值。 估计函数可以分别用于估计相应治疗的一个或多个结果值。 可以使用结果值确定质量得分。 可以例如通过显示具有与结果值对应的质量得分的治疗计划来确定具有最佳质量得分的第一治疗计划。