Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for inverse planning
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Application No.: US16282054Application Date: 2019-02-21
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Publication No.: US11351396B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Håkan Nordström , Stella Riad , Jens Sjölund
- Applicant: ELEKTA INSTRUMENT AB
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: ELEKTA INSTRUMENT AB
- Current Assignee: ELEKTA INSTRUMENT AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Main IPC: A61N5/10
- IPC: A61N5/10 ; G16H20/40

Abstract:
Methods for dose or treatment planning for a radiotherapy system including a radiotherapy unit are provided. A spatial dose delivered can be changed by adjusting beam shape settings, and the delivered radiation is determined using an optimization problem that steers the delivered radiation according to objectives reflecting criteria for regions of interest including at least one of: targets to be treated during treatment of the patient, organs at risk and/or healthy tissue. The method includes determining an inner set of voxels and providing a first frame description for the inner set of voxels, where the first frame description reflects criteria for the inner set of voxels. Determining an outer set of voxels encompassing the target volume and the inner set of voxels and a frame description for the outer set of voxels is provided where each reflecting criteria for the outer set of voxels. The frame descriptions are then used in the optimization problem that steers the delivered radiation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190255354A1 METHODS FOR INVERSE PLANNING Public/Granted day:2019-08-22
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