DOSE-VOLUME KERNEL GENERATION
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1. A radiation treatment planning system comprising:
- a dose volume kernel determiner that determines a dose volume kernel for each of a plurality of voxels in a dose calculation grid;
wherein each of the dose volume kernels is based on a radial dose distribution and a template function for a particular voxel size; and
an expected absorbed dose determiner that determines an expected absorbed dose distribution for each of the plurality of voxels based on the dose volume kernel.
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Abstract
A radiation planning system includes a dose volume kernel determiner (122) and an expected absorbed dose determiner (124). The dose volume kernel determiner (122) generates a dose volume kernel for each of a plurality of voxels in a dose calculation grid. Each of the dose volume kernels is based on a radial dose distribution and a template function for a particular voxel size. The expected absorbed dose determiner (124) determines an expected absorbed dose distribution for each of the plurality of voxels based on the dose volume kernel.
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1. A radiation treatment planning system comprising:
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a dose volume kernel determiner that determines a dose volume kernel for each of a plurality of voxels in a dose calculation grid; wherein each of the dose volume kernels is based on a radial dose distribution and a template function for a particular voxel size; and an expected absorbed dose determiner that determines an expected absorbed dose distribution for each of the plurality of voxels based on the dose volume kernel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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generating a template function for a particular voxel size, wherein the template function includes geometric information specific to the voxel size; retrieving a radial dose distribution, wherein the radial dose distribution function represents absorbed dose due to a point source of a therapy isotope as a function of distance from the point source; and generating a dose volume kernel based on the template function and the radial dose distribution. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method, comprising:
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prompting a user for a voxel size; notifying the user when there is no dose volume kernel for the voxel size; receiving an input indicative of a type of template function to generate from the user; generating the template function based on the voxel size; obtaining a radial dose distribution; and generating a dose volume kernel as a function of the template function and the radial dose distribution for the voxel size. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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