Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radiation treatment planning and delivery for moving targets in the heart
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Application No.: US17645887Application Date: 2021-12-23
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Publication No.: US11712581B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Thilaka Sumanaweera , Patrick Maguire , Edward Gardner
- Applicant: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
- 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: Duane Morris LLP
- The original application number of the division: US17038912 2020.09.30
- Main IPC: A61N5/10
- IPC: A61N5/10 ; A61B6/03 ; A61B6/00 ; A61B5/318

Abstract:
Methods and systems are disclosed for radiating a moving object. The method may comprise acquiring a plurality of indicators of the phase of a physiological cycle of a patient and a plurality of images of the patient that include a target. Each image may be taken at a different phase of the physiological cycle and may be registered to the phase at which the image was taken. The method may also include identifying the target in each of the plurality of images, calculating a dose of radiation required to treat the target, calculating the number, orientation, and dwell time of one or more radiation beams required to deliver the calculated required dose of radiation to the target, and calculating a position of each of the one or more radiation beams required to achieve the calculated orientation. Each position may be a function of the phase of the physiological cycle to which each of the plurality of images is registered.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220118285A1 RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING AND DELIVERY FOR MOVING TARGETS IN THE HEART Public/Granted day:2022-04-21
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