Radiation therapy plan dose perturbation system and method
First Claim
1. A method of determining a patient dose during or prior to therapy by an external radiation beam from a source of radiation, the method comprising:
- determining a dose distribution from a patient plan as delivered in a QA phantom at each of a plurality of beam angles;
comparing the determined dose distribution at each beam angle to a corresponding treatment planning system (TPS) dose modeled distribution in the QA phantom, with the comparing resulting in a correction distribution that when applied to the TPS dose modeled distribution results in the determined dose distribution;
geometrically projecting the correction distribution relative to the source of radiation through a volume that represents a dose volume of the TPS for a patient beam for each beam angle; and
applying the correction distribution to the TPS patient dose volume for each beam angle for providing a corrected dose distribution in the patient for each beam angle.
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Abstract
A method of determining a patient dose during or prior to therapy from an external radiation beam includes determining a dose distribution from a patient plan as delivered in a QA phantom at each appropriate beam angle and comparing the dose distribution determined from measurements or calculations to a corresponding treatment planning system (TPS) dose modeled distribution in the QA phantom and providing a correction distribution when applied to the TPS dose modeled distribution results in the dose distribution determined. The correction distribution may optionally be interpolated to non-measured points for each beam angle and geometrically projected toward the source of radiation through a volume that equals a dose volume of the TPS for a patient beam for each beam angle. The correction distribution is applied to the TPS patient dose volume for each beam angle for providing a corrected dose distribution in the patient.
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39 Claims
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1. A method of determining a patient dose during or prior to therapy by an external radiation beam from a source of radiation, the method comprising:
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determining a dose distribution from a patient plan as delivered in a QA phantom at each of a plurality of beam angles; comparing the determined dose distribution at each beam angle to a corresponding treatment planning system (TPS) dose modeled distribution in the QA phantom, with the comparing resulting in a correction distribution that when applied to the TPS dose modeled distribution results in the determined dose distribution; geometrically projecting the correction distribution relative to the source of radiation through a volume that represents a dose volume of the TPS for a patient beam for each beam angle; and applying the correction distribution to the TPS patient dose volume for each beam angle for providing a corrected dose distribution in the patient for each beam angle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for determining a patient dose during or prior to therapy from an external radiation beam from a source of radiation, the system comprising:
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means for determining a dose distribution from a patient plan as delivered in a QA phantom at each of a plurality of beam angles; and a processor for comparing the determined dose distribution at each beam angle to a corresponding treatment planning system (TPS) dose modeled distribution in the QA phantom, with the comparing by the processor resulting in a correction distribution that when applied to the TPS dose modeled distribution results in the determined dose distribution, wherein the processor geometrically projects the correction distribution relative to the source through a volume that represents a dose volume of the TPS for a patient beam for each beam angle, and wherein the processor applies the correction distribution to the TPS patient dose volume for each beam angle for providing a corrected dose distribution in the patient for each beam angle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of delivering a dose to a patient from an external radiation beam from a source of radiation, the method comprising:
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determining a dose distribution from a patient plan as delivered in a QA phantom at each of a plurality of beam angles; comparing the determined dose distribution at each beam angle to a corresponding treatment planning system (TPS) dose modeled distribution in the QA phantom, with the comparing resulting in a correction distribution that when applied to the TPS dose modeled distribution results in the determined dose distribution; geometrically projecting the correction distribution relative to the source of radiation through a volume that represents a dose volume of the TPS for a patient beam for each beam angle; applying the correction distribution to the TPS patient dose volume for each beam angle; and delivering a corrected dose distribution to the patient for each beam angle. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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