Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for treatment planning
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Application No.: US16786434Application Date: 2020-02-10
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Publication No.: US11291857B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Stella Riad , Håkan Nordström , Emil Norell
- Applicant: ELEKTA LTD.
- Applicant Address: GB Crawley
- Assignee: ELEKTA LTD.
- Current Assignee: ELEKTA LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: GB Crawley
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Main IPC: A61N5/10
- IPC: A61N5/10

Abstract:
In the field of radiotherapy, methods for dose or treatment planning for a radiation therapy system having a collimator, includes determining shots to be delivered during said treatment, each shot being associated with an isocenter and being modelled by a spatial dose volume distribution of radiation, the shape of said spatial distribution depending on the specific collimator setting and said selected dose level, including selecting isocenter positions within a target in a predetermined angle range; evaluating each isocenter based on predetermined conditions; selecting at least a specific collimator and sector setting for each isocenter based on the evaluation; calculating a dose for the selected isocenters; repeating the steps until at least one stopping criteria has been reached, wherein a final set of isocenters are provided; and using the final set of isocenters in treatment planning.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200282236A1 METHODS FOR TREATMENT PLANNING Public/Granted day:2020-09-10
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