Systems and methods for monitoring radiation treatment
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1. A method of monitoring radiation treatment, comprising:
- providing video images of at least a portion of a patient and/or patient support and at least a portion of a radiation machine;
determining a direction of a current movement of the radiation machine relative to the patient in a radiation treatment at least based on a treatment plan;
overlaying a graphic on the video images to indicate the direction; and
displaying the video images overlaid with the graphic on a display.
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Abstract
A method of monitoring radiation treatment employs a video camera directed to at least a portion of a patient and/or patient support and at least a portion of a radiation machine. The direction of movement of the radiation machine and/or clearance between at least a portion of the radiation machine and the patient are determined by a control system. Graphics indicating the direction of movement of the machine and/or the clearance between the machine and the patient are overlaid on the video images. The video images overlaid with graphics displayed on a display.
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1. A method of monitoring radiation treatment, comprising:
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providing video images of at least a portion of a patient and/or patient support and at least a portion of a radiation machine; determining a direction of a current movement of the radiation machine relative to the patient in a radiation treatment at least based on a treatment plan; overlaying a graphic on the video images to indicate the direction; and displaying the video images overlaid with the graphic on a display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A radiation system, comprising:
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a radiation machine; a control system operable to control the radiation machine; a video camera directed to at least a portion of the radiation machine and a subject to be treated by the radiation machine; a computer coupled to the video camera adapted to overlay a graphic representing a direction of movement of the radiation machine and clearance between at least a portion of the radiation machine and the subject on video images from the video camera; and a display for displaying the video images overlaid with the graphic. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of monitoring radiation treatment, comprising:
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providing video images of at least a portion of a patient and/or patient support and at least a portion of a radiation machine; determining a direction of movement of the radiation machine in a radiation treatment at least based on a treatment plan; overlaying a graphic on the video images to indicate the direction; and displaying the video images overlaid with the graphic on a display;
the method further comprising;determining a clearance between at least a portion of the radiation machine and the patient in a radiation treatment; overlaying a graphic on the video images to indicate the clearance; and displaying the video images overlaid with the graphic indicating the clearance on the display. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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