Treatment planning in a virtual environment
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1. A method of treatment planning, comprising:
- providing, by a treatment planning system, a three-dimensional computer-simulated virtual environment including a virtual artifact that is a three-dimensional simulation of a patient anatomy, wherein the three-dimensional simulation is generated from one or more images taken of the patient anatomy; and
performing at least one treatment planning operation within the virtual environment, the at least one treatment planning operation comprising a contouring operation that comprises performing the following to create a three-dimensional volume of interest (VOI) contour;
delineating a single three-dimensional volume around a three-dimensional region of the virtual artifact within the three-dimensional computer-simulated virtual environment that corresponds to at least a portion of a VOI without performing delineation within a plurality of two-dimensional slices; and
generating the three-dimensional VOI contour in the three-dimensional computer-simulated virtual environment responsive to the single three-dimensional volume being delineated.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for treatment planning are described. A treatment planning system provides a computer-simulated virtual environment including a virtual artifact that is a three-dimensional simulation of a patient anatomy, wherein the three-dimensional simulation is generated from one or more diagnostic images taken of the patient anatomy. The treatment planning system performs a treatment planning operation associated with the virtual artifact in response to a user interaction with the virtual environment.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of treatment planning, comprising:
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providing, by a treatment planning system, a three-dimensional computer-simulated virtual environment including a virtual artifact that is a three-dimensional simulation of a patient anatomy, wherein the three-dimensional simulation is generated from one or more images taken of the patient anatomy; and performing at least one treatment planning operation within the virtual environment, the at least one treatment planning operation comprising a contouring operation that comprises performing the following to create a three-dimensional volume of interest (VOI) contour; delineating a single three-dimensional volume around a three-dimensional region of the virtual artifact within the three-dimensional computer-simulated virtual environment that corresponds to at least a portion of a VOI without performing delineation within a plurality of two-dimensional slices; and generating the three-dimensional VOI contour in the three-dimensional computer-simulated virtual environment responsive to the single three-dimensional volume being delineated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform a method of treatment planning, comprising:
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providing, by a treatment planning system, a three-dimensional computer-simulated virtual environment including a virtual artifact that is a three-dimensional simulation of a patient anatomy, wherein the three-dimensional simulation is generated from one or more images taken of the patient anatomy; and performing a treatment planning operation within the virtual environment, the treatment planning operation comprising a contouring operation that comprises performing the following to create a three-dimensional volume of interest (VOI) contour; delineating a single three-dimensional volume around a three-dimensional region of the virtual artifact within the three-dimensional computer-simulated virtual environment that corresponds to at least a portion of a VOI without performing delineation within a plurality of two-dimensional slices; and generating the three-dimensional VOI contour in the three-dimensional computer-simulated virtual environment responsive to the single three-dimensional volume being delineated.
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21. A treatment planning system, comprising:
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an input device that receives user input; and a computing device, connected with the input device, to provide a computer-simulated virtual environment including a virtual artifact that is a three-dimensional simulation of a patient anatomy, wherein the three-dimensional simulation is generated from one or more images taken of the patient anatomy; wherein the computing device is to perform a treatment planning operation within the virtual environment based on the user input, the treatment planning operation comprising a contouring operation that comprises performing the following to create a three-dimensional volume of interest (VOI) contour; delineating a single three-dimensional volume around a three-dimensional region of the virtual artifact within the three-dimensional computer-simulated virtual environment that corresponds to at least a portion of a VOI without performing delineation within a plurality of two-dimensional slices; and generating the three-dimensional VOI contour in the three-dimensional computer-simulated virtual environment responsive to the single three-dimensional volume being delineated.
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22. A treatment planning system, comprising:
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means for providing, by the treatment planning system, a three-dimensional computer-simulated virtual environment including a virtual artifact that is a three-dimensional simulation of a patient anatomy, wherein the three-dimensional simulation is generated from one or more images taken of the patient anatomy; and means for performing a treatment planning operation within the virtual environment, the treatment planning operation comprising a contouring operation that comprises performing the following to create a three-dimensional volume of interest (VOI) contour; delineating a single three-dimensional volume around a three-dimensional region of the virtual artifact within the three-dimensional computer-simulated virtual environment that corresponds to at least a portion of a VOI without performing delineation of a plurality of two-dimensional slices; and generating the three-dimensional VOI contour in the three-dimensional computer-simulated virtual environment responsive to the single three-dimensional volume being delineated.
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23. A method comprising:
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performing one of generating or loading a treatment plan by a treatment planning system, the treatment plan including a three dimensional rendering of a patient anatomy, wherein the three dimensional rendering is generated from one or more images of the patient anatomy; receiving input identifying a volume of interest (VOI) contour, wherein the VOI contour is associated with a portion of the patient anatomy and has a shape that conforms to the portion of the patient anatomy; defining the VOI contour as a perimeter for a three dimensional view window; and displaying a portion of the three dimensional simulation of the patient anatomy that is within the perimeter of the three dimensional view window while eliminating display of the three dimensional simulation of the patient anatomy that is outside of the perimeter of the three dimensional view window.
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