Repositioner for head, neck, and body
First Claim
1. A system for locating repeatedly the head of a patient and the neck or torso of said patient, comprising:
- a. a head immobilizer to immobilize said head in a head position; and
, b. a reference structure to determine a relative position of said neck or torso with respect to said head position, whereby said head can be repeatedly placed in said head position, and said neck or torso can be repeatedly placed in said reference position.
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Abstract
For repeat localization and immobilization of the head, neck and/or torso of a patient'"'"'s body, immobilizing structures are used to secure the head and the neck and torso in a relative orientation in the position and relative orientation. A reference structure determines the relative position of the head and neck or torso so that the same configuration of these portions of the body can be achieved on a scanner couch or treatment machine couch repeatedly. Several forms of head and neck or torso immobilizers accommodate specific objectives and several forms of reference structures accomplish repositioning and patient position orientation.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for locating repeatedly the head of a patient and the neck or torso of said patient, comprising:
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a. a head immobilizer to immobilize said head in a head position; and
,b. a reference structure to determine a relative position of said neck or torso with respect to said head position, whereby said head can be repeatedly placed in said head position, and said neck or torso can be repeatedly placed in said reference position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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14. A system for locating repeatedly the head of a patient and the neck or torso of said patient, comprising:
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a. a head immobilizer to immobilize said head;
b. a shoulder immobilizer to immobilize the shoulders of said patient and therefore to immobilize said neck or torso of said patient with respect to said head;
c. a reference structure positioned with respect to the body of said patient that provides data on the position of said head with respect to said neck or torso so that the relative position of said head with respect to said neck or torso can be determined.
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19. A process for repeat positioning of the head and neck or torso of a patient comprising the steps of;
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a. placing said patient on a CT scanner couch and positioning said head and said neck or torso of said patient in a position with respect to a reference structure that determines the relative position of said head with respect to said neck or torso;
b. CT scanning of said patient in said position by a CT scanner;
c. planning target structures in said patient to be irradiated by beams from a treatment machine and planning beam dosage to said target structures from said treatment planning machine;
d. placing said patient on a couch of said treatment planning machine and repositioning said head and said neck or torso in said position with respect to said reference structure or similar reference structure as said reference structure so that said head is in said same reference position with respect to said neck or torso as during said CT scanning step;
e. aligning said treatment machine to said head and neck or torso so that said target structures are in a determined position with respect to said beam from said treatment machine; and
,f. irradiating said target structure with said beam according to said step of planning said beam dose.
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