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Dynamic/adaptive treatment planning for radiation therapy

  • US 9,238,151 B2
  • Filed: 05/06/2013
  • Issued: 01/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a computing system for facilitating custom radiation treatment planning, comprising:

  • during a first radiation treatment session associated with a first treatment plandeterming locations of a plurality of markers implanted in a patient'"'"'s body using non-ionizing radiation, andcollecting data indicating positioning of a predefined treatment site of the patient relative to a target treatment location based on the determined locations throughout the first radiation treatment session;

    associating the collected positioning data with data describing a plurality of radiation treatment fields used during the first radiation treatment session;

    providing at least the associated data to a treatment planning facility to determine a second treatment plan for a future radiation treatment session for the patient to be performed on a different date than the first treatment plan and over a period of time; and

    producing the second treatment plan bycomparing intended positioning data of the first treatment plan with the collected positioning data throughout the first radition treatment session, andmodifying the first treatment plan based on the comparison of the intended positioning data with the collected positioning data.

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