APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING RADIATION THERAPY PLAN AND METHOD THEREFOR
First Claim
1. An apparatus for evaluating radiation therapy plan, comprising:
- a processor configured to;
receive a medical image of a patient captured by a medical imaging device, first radiation therapy plan data created by a first radiation therapy apparatus for the patient, and second radiation therapy plan data created by a second radiation therapy apparatus for the patient;
process the first radiation therapy plan data and the second radiation therapy plan data, to generate mixed data;
overlap the mixed data on the medical image of the patient; and
display the generated mixed data.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus and to a method for comparing and evaluating therapy plan received from heterogeneous radiation therapy apparatuses. An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a receiving means, a processing means, and a display means. The receiving means receives the patient'"'"'s first radiation therapy plan data, which is generated by a first radiation therapy apparatus, and also receives the patient'"'"'s second radiation therapy plan data, which is generated by a second radiation therapy apparatus. The processing means processes the first and second radiation therapy plan data to generate mixed data overlaid onto the medical image of the patient. According to a configuration of the present invention, trial and error during radiation treatment may be minimized.
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1. An apparatus for evaluating radiation therapy plan, comprising:
a processor configured to; receive a medical image of a patient captured by a medical imaging device, first radiation therapy plan data created by a first radiation therapy apparatus for the patient, and second radiation therapy plan data created by a second radiation therapy apparatus for the patient; process the first radiation therapy plan data and the second radiation therapy plan data, to generate mixed data; overlap the mixed data on the medical image of the patient; and display the generated mixed data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of evaluating a radiation therapy plan, comprising:
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receiving, at a processor, a first radiation therapy plan data for a patient; receiving, at the processor, a second radiation therapy plan data for the patient; receiving, at the processor, a medical image of the patient; processing, by the processor, the first radiation therapy plan data and the second radiation therapy plan data, to generate mixed data; overlapping, by the processor, the mixed data on the medical image of the patient; and displaying, by the processor, the generated mixed data. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing executable program instructions executed by a processor that stores a program for executing a method of evaluating a radiation therapy plan, comprising:
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program instructions that receive a first radiation therapy plan data for a patient; program instructions that receive a second radiation therapy plan data for the patient; program instructions that receive a medical image of the patient; program instructions that process the first radiation therapy plan data and the second radiation therapy plan data, to generate mixed data in which processed data is overlaid on the medical image of the patient; and program instructions that display the generated mixed data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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