IMPLEMENTATION AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS OF REAL-TIME 4D TUMOR TRACKING USING MULTI-LEAF COLLIMATOR (MLC), AND/OR MLC-CARRIAGE (MLC-BANK), AND/OR TREATMENT TABLE (COUCH)
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Abstract
Methods and systems of operating a support structure and beam shaping mechanism in a manner that compensates for motion patterns exhibited by a patient, promotes comfort of the patient, and optimizes accuracy of delivery of radiotherapy to a targeted location within the patient. The support structure can be a treatment table or couch and the beam shaping mechanism can be a multi-leaf collimator (MLC), and/or an MLC-bank/-carriage. The control system can utilize algorithms for predicting tumor motion and loading condition on the table/couch during radiation therapy.
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116 Claims
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16. A method of delivering radiation or particle beam therapy to a living subject'"'"'s anatomy having physiological motion, the method comprising:
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supporting the living subject by a programmable platform; and determining an optimal counter motion strategy of the platform which results in one programmable movement from the group consisting of most tolerable, exact motion cancellation, most preferable by the subject, most preferable by a clinician, most preferable by an operator, most easily verifiable and safest movements. - View Dependent Claims (22, 29, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 113)
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31. A method of determining optimal counter motion strategies to reduce or cancel a physiological motion of a living subject'"'"'s anatomy, the method comprising:
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modeling the physiological motion patterns; and determining a number of levels of counter motion of a programmable supporting platform under the living subject, wherein the levels comprise soft, moderate and extreme, corresponding to compromised reduction, significant reduction and complete cancelation of the physiological motion, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (36, 38, 39, 54, 56, 114)
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72. A device for delivering radiation or particle beam therapy to a living subject'"'"'s anatomy having physiological motion, the device comprising:
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a programmable platform for supporting the living subject; and a system for determining an optimal counter motion strategy of the platform which results in one programmable movement from the group consisting of most tolerable, exact motion cancellation, most preferable by the subject, most preferable by a clinician, most preferable by an operator, most easily verifiable and safest movements. - View Dependent Claims (102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 111, 115)
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87. A device for determining optimal counter motion strategies to reduce or cancel a physiological motion of a living subject'"'"'s anatomy, the device comprising:
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a system for modeling the physiological motion patterns; and a system for determining a number of levels of counter motion of a programmable supporting platform under the living subject, wherein the levels comprise soft, moderate and extreme, corresponding to compromised reduction, significant reduction and complete cancelation of the physiological motion, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (92, 94, 95, 98, 99, 100, 110, 112, 116)
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