High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy with Optimal Needle Placement for Prostate Cancer

    公开(公告)号:US20230264043A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-24

    申请号:US18170784

    申请日:2023-02-17

    CPC classification number: A61N5/1014 A61N5/1039

    Abstract: A method for needle position optimization for prostate brachytherapy for use with a radiation delivery device configured to use a plurality of needles inserted into a prostate of a patient includes obtaining imagery of the prostate of the patient, generating a needle pool for prostate brachytherapy treatment of the patient based on the imagery of the prostate of the patient, and determining at a computing device an optimum prostate brachytherapy treatment plan for the patient by iteratively removing needles from the needle pool by forming and computationally solving a convex optimization problem wherein the convex optimization problem uses a quadratic dosimetric penalty function, dwell time regularization by total variation, and block sparsity regularization term.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROTATING SHIELD BRACHYTHERAPY

    公开(公告)号:US20220023662A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-27

    申请号:US17277506

    申请日:2019-09-25

    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for a rotating shield brachytherapy device. As disclosed herein, the rotating shield brachytherapy (RSBT) apparatus may comprise a radiation source, a drive assembly, a catheter, and an applicator. The applicator can have an outer surface and opposed proximal and distal end portions and a longitudinal axis extending along a length of the catheter. The distal end portion of the catheter can comprise one or more radiation shields and is configured to receive the radiation source. The drive assembly can be configured to engage the proximal end portion of the catheter to selectively rotate the catheter about the longitudinal axis.

    Apparatus and method for rotating shield brachytherapy

    公开(公告)号:US11541251B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-03

    申请号:US17277506

    申请日:2019-09-25

    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for a rotating shield brachytherapy device. As disclosed herein, the rotating shield brachytherapy (RSBT) apparatus may comprise a radiation source, a drive assembly, a catheter, and an applicator. The applicator can have an outer surface and opposed proximal and distal end portions and a longitudinal axis extending along a length of the catheter. The distal end portion of the catheter can comprise one or more radiation shields and is configured to receive the radiation source. The drive assembly can be configured to engage the proximal end portion of the catheter to selectively rotate the catheter about the longitudinal axis.

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