Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Target tracking method and apparatus for radiation treatment planning and delivery
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Application No.: US10573727Application Date: 2004-09-10
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Publication No.: US10342558B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Michael C. Steckner , Peter Boernert , Kay Nehrke
- Applicant: Michael C. Steckner , Peter Boernert , Kay Nehrke
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- International Application: PCT/IB2004/051741 WO 20040910
- International Announcement: WO2005/030330 WO 20050407
- Main IPC: A61B5/11
- IPC: A61B5/11 ; A61N5/10 ; A61N7/02 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B34/10 ; A61B34/20 ; A61B5/055 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B17/225

Abstract:
A target treatment apparatus for treating a target region (130) within a subject (140) is provided. The apparatus includes an MRI apparatus (100) for generating MR images during an MR scan of the subject disposed within an examination region (110). The apparatus further includes an MRI localizer (150) for receiving the image data from the MRI apparatus wherein the target (130) is localized and a reference marker localizer (160, 160′) for non-invasively receiving reference data from a plurality of reference points disposed in proximity to the target wherein the reference points are localized. A tracking processor (300) is also included in the apparatus for receiving localized data from the MRI localizer wherein a relationship between the reference markers and the target region is generated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070244386A1 Target Tracking Method and Apparatus for Radiation Treatment Planning and Delivery Public/Granted day:2007-10-18
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