SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPTIMIZING A HETEROGENEOUS RADIATION DOSE TO BE DELIVERED TO A PATIENT
First Claim
1. A radiation therapy treatment system for optimizing radiation dose to be delivered to a patient, the radiation therapy treatment system comprising:
- a computer processor; and
a software program stored in a computer readable medium accessible by the computer processor, the software program being operable toreceive a prescribed heterogeneous radiation dose to be delivered to the patient,determine a homogeneous reference dose,calculate a complementary radiation dose by determining a difference between the homogeneous reference dose and the heterogeneous radiation dose,generate a treatment plan for the patient, the treatment plan including an optimized radiation dose to be delivered to the patient,combine the complementary radiation dose and the optimized radiation dose,evaluate the combined radiation dose with respect to the homogeneous reference dose, anddisplay the combined radiation dose.
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Abstract
A radiation therapy treatment system and method of optimizing a heterogeneous dose to be delivered to a patient. The system includes a computer processor and a software program stored in a computer readable medium accessible by the computer processor. The software program is operable to receive a prescribed heterogeneous radiation dose to be delivered to the patient, determine a homogeneous reference dose, calculate a complementary radiation dose by determining a difference between the homogeneous reference dose and the heterogeneous radiation dose, generate a treatment plan for the patient, the treatment plan including an optimized radiation dose to be delivered to the patient, combine the complementary radiation dose and the optimized radiation dose, evaluate the combined radiation dose with respect to the homogeneous reference dose, and display the combined radiation dose.
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54 Claims
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1. A radiation therapy treatment system for optimizing radiation dose to be delivered to a patient, the radiation therapy treatment system comprising:
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a computer processor; and a software program stored in a computer readable medium accessible by the computer processor, the software program being operable to receive a prescribed heterogeneous radiation dose to be delivered to the patient, determine a homogeneous reference dose, calculate a complementary radiation dose by determining a difference between the homogeneous reference dose and the heterogeneous radiation dose, generate a treatment plan for the patient, the treatment plan including an optimized radiation dose to be delivered to the patient, combine the complementary radiation dose and the optimized radiation dose, evaluate the combined radiation dose with respect to the homogeneous reference dose, and display the combined radiation dose. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of optimizing radiation dose to be delivered to a patient, the method comprising:
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generating a prescribed heterogeneous radiation dose to be delivered to the patient; generating a homogeneous reference dose; calculating a complementary radiation dose by determining a difference between the homogeneous reference dose and the heterogeneous radiation dose; generating a treatment plan for the patient, the treatment plan including an optimized radiation dose to be delivered to the patient; combining the complementary radiation dose and the optimized radiation dose; evaluating the combined radiation dose with respect to the homogeneous reference dose; and displaying the combined radiation dose. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A radiation therapy treatment system for optimizing radiation dose to be delivered to a patient, the radiation therapy treatment system comprising:
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a computer processor; and a software program stored in a computer readable medium accessible by the computer processor, the software program being operable to receive a prescribed homogeneous radiation dose to be delivered to the patient, calculate a heterogeneous radiation dose that has been previously delivered to the patient as a complementary dose, generate a treatment plan for the patient for at least one remaining treatment fraction, the treatment plan including an optimized radiation dose to be delivered to the patient, combine the complementary radiation dose and the optimized radiation dose, evaluate the combined radiation dose with respect to the prescribed homogeneous radiation dose, and display the combined radiation dose. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of optimizing radiation dose to be delivered to a patient, the method comprising:
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generating a prescribed homogeneous radiation dose to be delivered to the patient; calculating a heterogeneous radiation dose that has been previously delivered to the patient as a complementary dose; generating a treatment plan for the patient for at least one remaining treatment fraction, the treatment plan including an optimized radiation dose to be delivered to the patient; combining the complementary radiation dose and the optimized radiation dose; evaluating the combined radiation dose with respect to the prescribed homogeneous radiation dose; and displaying the combined radiation dose. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A method of evaluating a radiation dose, the method comprising:
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generating a prescribed heterogeneous radiation dose to be delivered to the patient; generating a homogeneous radiation dose; retrieving a previously generated treatment plan, the treatment plan based on the prescribed heterogeneous radiation dose; calculating a complementary radiation dose by determining a difference between the homogeneous radiation dose and the prescribed heterogeneous radiation dose; applying the complementary radiation dose to the heterogeneous radiation dose to obtain a combined radiation dose; comparing the combined radiation dose with respect to the homogeneous radiation dose; and displaying the combined radiation dose.
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54. A method of generating a user interface, the method comprising:
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generating a treatment plan based on a heterogeneous dose prescription; applying an algorithm to the heterogeneous dose prescription to alter the heterogeneous dose prescription; calculating a dose volume histogram for the altered heterogeneous dose prescription that is visually similar to a dose volume histogram for a homogeneous dose prescription; and displaying the dose volume histogram to the user so the user can compare the treatment plan based on the heterogeneous dose prescription to a treatment plan based on a homogeneous dose prescription.
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