Apparatus and method for compensating for respiratory and patient motion during treatment
First Claim
1. An apparatus for compensating for breathing and other motions of the patient during treatment, the apparatus comprising:
- a first detection device for periodically generating positional data about a target region internal to the body of the patient;
a second detection device for continuously generating positional data about one or more sensors external to the body of the patient; and
a processor that receives the periodic positional data about the internal target region and the continuous position data from the external sensors in order to generate a correspondence between the position of the internal target region and the external sensors so that the treatment is directed towards the position of the internal target region of the patient based on the positional data obtained from the external sensors to compensate for motions of the patient.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for performing treatment on an internal target region while compensating for breathing and other motion of the patient is provided in which the apparatus comprises a first imaging device for periodically generating positional data about the internal target region and a second imaging device for continuously generating positional data about one or more external markers adapted to be attached to the patient'"'"'s body or any external sensor such as a device for measuring air flow. The apparatus further comprises a processor that receives the positional data about the internal target region and the external markers in order to generate a correspondence between the position of the internal target region and the external markers and a treatment device that directs the treatment towards the position of the target region of the patient based on the positional data of the external markers.
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42 Claims
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1. An apparatus for compensating for breathing and other motions of the patient during treatment, the apparatus comprising:
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a first detection device for periodically generating positional data about a target region internal to the body of the patient; a second detection device for continuously generating positional data about one or more sensors external to the body of the patient; and a processor that receives the periodic positional data about the internal target region and the continuous position data from the external sensors in order to generate a correspondence between the position of the internal target region and the external sensors so that the treatment is directed towards the position of the internal target region of the patient based on the positional data obtained from the external sensors to compensate for motions of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for compensating for breathing and other motions of the patient during treatment, the method comprising:
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periodically generating positional data about a target region internal to the body of the patient; continuously generating positional data about external motion of the patient'"'"'s body using one or more external sensors; and generating a correspondence between the position of the internal target region and the external sensors so that the treatment is directed towards the position of the internal target region of the patient based on the positional data of the external sensors to compensate for motions of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. An apparatus for performing a treatment on an internal target region while compensating for breathing and other motions of the patient, the apparatus comprising:
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a first imaging device for periodically generating positional data about a target region internal to the body of the patient; a second imaging device for continuously generating positional data about one or more external sensors attached to the patient'"'"'s body; a processor that receives the positional data about the internal target region and the external sensors in order to generate a correspondence between the position of the internal target region and the external sensory data to compensate for motions of the patient; and a treatment device that directs the treatment towards the position of the internal target region of the patient based on the data of the external sensors.
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42. An apparatus for compensating for breathing and other motions of the patient during treatment, the apparatus comprising:
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a first detection device for periodically generating positional data about a target region internal to the body of the patient; a second detection device for continuously generating positional data about one or more external markers showing external motion of the patient'"'"'s body when the first imaging device is not active; and a processor that determines the position of the internal target region to be treated when the first imaging device is not active to compensate for motions of the patient, the position being determined based on the generated position of the external markers which corresponds to a predetermined position of the internal target region.
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