Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for real-time tumor tracking
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Application No.: US14272382Application Date: 2014-05-07
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Publication No.: US10043284B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Laurence J. Newell , Stephen Phillips , Raymond Kraft , Sun-Kai Lin
- Applicant: Varian Medical Systems
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Perkins Coie LLP
- Main IPC: G06T7/00
- IPC: G06T7/00 ; G06T7/277 ; G06T7/70 ; G06T7/246 ; A61B34/20

Abstract:
Various embodiments disclose systems and methods for tracking regions (e.g., tumor locations) within living organisms. Some embodiments provide real-time, highly accurate, low latency measurements of tumor location even as the tumor moves with internal body motions. Such measurements may be suitable for closed-loop radiation delivery applications where radiation therapy may be continuously guided to the tumor site even as the tumor moves. Tumor motion may be associated with periodic motion (e.g., respiratory, cardiac) or aperiodic motion (e.g., gross patient motion, internal bowel motion). Various embodiments facilitate accurate radiation delivery to tumor sites exhibiting significant motion, e.g., lung, breast, and liver tumors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150324967A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME TUMOR TRACKING Public/Granted day:2015-11-12
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