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Method for assisted beam selection in radiation therapy planning

  • US 7,027,557 B2
  • Filed: 05/13/2004
  • Issued: 04/11/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for selecting beam orientations in radiation therapy enabling the delivery of improved dose distributions to a planning target volume, while delivering a minimum dose to adjacent organs at risk, said method comprising the steps of:

  • a) calculating the boundary angles that the interfaces between said planning target volume and said adjacent organs at risk subtend with respect to different axes of the coordinate system used for describing the patient'"'"'s anatomy,b) transforming said boundary angles to a plurality of gantry and table angles, andc) selecting one or more pairs of said gantry and table angles from said plurality of gantry and table angles.

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