Method and apparatus for using patient-experience outcomes when developing radiation-therapy treatment plans

    公开(公告)号:US10589127B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-17

    申请号:US14039413

    申请日:2013-09-27

    IPC分类号: A61N5/10

    摘要: A control circuit has access to information that correlates a plurality of patient-experience outcomes with corresponding delivered-radiation metrics and uses that plurality of patient-experience outcomes in conjunction with developing a radiation-therapy treatment plan for a particular patient. Those patient-experience outcomes can comprise, for example, information regarding how various patients fared post-radiation treatment as regards such things as post-radiation treatment life expectancy, tumor eradication success, and one or more other quality-of-life metrics. These teachings will accommodate using a particular one of the patient-experience outcomes as an optimization goal when optimizing candidate radiation-therapy treatment plans to develop the radiation-therapy treatment plan. In such a case these teachings will further accommodate, if desired, permitting a user to modify one or more optimization objectives while displaying intermediate optimization results.

    Methods to optimize coverage for multiple targets simultaneously for radiation treatments

    公开(公告)号:US10512791B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-24

    申请号:US15890051

    申请日:2018-02-06

    IPC分类号: A61N5/10

    摘要: A cost function is constructed so as to guide an optimization process to achieve similar coverage for all targets simultaneously in a concurrent radiation treatment of multiple targets, so that a single scaling factor may be used in a plan normalization to achieve the desired coverage for all the targets. The cost function includes a component that favors a solution that attains similar target coverages for all targets, as well as a component that favors a solution that approaches the desired target coverage value for each individual target. The cost function includes a max term relating to deficiencies of actual target coverages with respect to a desired target coverage, or alternatively a soft-max term relating to deviations of actual target coverages with respect to an average target coverage, as well as to deficiencies of actual target coverages with respect to a desired target coverage.

    Dynamic target masker in radiation treatment of multiple targets

    公开(公告)号:US10449389B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-22

    申请号:US15831210

    申请日:2017-12-04

    IPC分类号: A61N5/10

    摘要: A method for determining MLC leaf sequences for radiation treatment includes obtaining BEV projections of a first target volume and a second target volume along one or more treatment paths of a radiation treatment plan, analyzing the BEV projections to determine one or more contiguous ranges of spatial points where there exists an interstitial region between the first target volume and the second target volume in the direction of MLC leaf motion, and determining a first set of MLC leaf sequences such that an aperture formed by the MLC in a first portion of the one or more contiguous ranges of spatial points exposes radiation to the first target volume but not the second target volume, and an aperture formed by the MLC in a second portion of the one or more contiguous ranges of spatial points exposes radiation to the second target volume but not the first target volume.

    METHODS TO OPTIMIZE COVERAGE FOR MULTIPLE TARGETS SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR RADIATION TREATMENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20190240507A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-08

    申请号:US15890051

    申请日:2018-02-06

    IPC分类号: A61N5/10

    摘要: A cost function is constructed so as to guide an optimization process to achieve similar coverage for all targets simultaneously in a concurrent radiation treatment of multiple targets, so that a single scaling factor may be used in a plan normalization to achieve the desired coverage for all the targets. The cost function includes a component that favors a solution that attains similar target coverages for all targets, as well as a component that favors a solution that approaches the desired target coverage value for each individual target. The cost function includes a max term relating to deficiencies of actual target coverages with respect to a desired target coverage, or alternatively a soft-max term relating to deviations of actual target coverages with respect to an average target coverage, as well as to deficiencies of actual target coverages with respect to a desired target coverage.

    Systems and methods for automatic creation of dose prediction models and therapy treatment plans as a cloud service
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    Systems and methods for automatic creation of dose prediction models and therapy treatment plans as a cloud service 有权
    自动创建剂量预测模型和治疗计划作为云服务的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US09409039B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-09

    申请号:US14040618

    申请日:2013-09-27

    IPC分类号: G06F15/18 A61N5/10

    摘要: The present invention proposes a method for automatically creating a dose prediction model based on existing clinical knowledge that is accumulated from multiple sources without collaborators establishing communication links between each other. According to embodiments of the claimed subject matter, clinics can collaborate in creating a dose prediction model by submitting their treatment plans into a remote computer system (such as a cloud-based system) which aggregates information from various collaborators and produces a model that captures clinical information from all submitted treatment plans. According to further embodiments, the method may contain a step where all patient data submitted by a clinic is made anonymous or the relevant parameters are extracted and condensed prior to submitting them over the communications link in order to comply with local regulations.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提出了一种基于现有临床知识自动创建剂量预测模型的方法,所述临床知识从多个来源累积,而不需要协作者建立彼此之间的通信链路。 根据所要求保护的主题的实施例,诊所可以通过将其治疗计划提交到远程计算机系统(例如基于云的系统)中来协作来创建剂量预测模型,所述远程计算机系统聚合来自各种协作者的信息并产生捕获临床的模型 所有提交的治疗计划的资料。 根据进一步的实施例,该方法可以包括以下步骤:由临床提交的所有患者数据被匿名化,或者在通过通信链路提交相关参数之前提取和浓缩相关参数,以便符合当地法规。