Radiotherapy method, computer program and computer system
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1. A method of obtaining a 3D composite image of at least a first portion of a patient'"'"'s body, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a 3D planning image corresponding to the first portion of the patient'"'"'s body and having a first field-of-view,obtaining a 3D fraction image of the first portion of the patient'"'"'s body, the fraction image having a second field-of-view which is limited in at least one dimension compared to the first field-of-view,creating a model outline including at least one area of the patient'"'"'s body included in the first field-of-view but not in the second field-of-view,appending the model outline to the fraction image, to include at least one outlined portion in the fraction image which is outside the second field-of-view to obtain an intermediate image,performing a deformable registration between the outline of the planning image and the outline of the fraction image,using the result of the deformable registration to include material information from the area in the planning image inside of the outlined portion in the intermediate image, to obtain a composite image.
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Abstract
A method of obtaining a 3D image of a part of a patient'"'"'s body is disclosed, based on a fraction image having a limited field-of-view and complementing this with information from a planning image having a greater field-of-view. In the area outside of the fraction image field-of-view, contour and anatomical data from the planning image are used to complement the fraction image, by means of a contour-guided deformable registration between the planning image and the fraction image.
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1. A method of obtaining a 3D composite image of at least a first portion of a patient'"'"'s body, comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a 3D planning image corresponding to the first portion of the patient'"'"'s body and having a first field-of-view, obtaining a 3D fraction image of the first portion of the patient'"'"'s body, the fraction image having a second field-of-view which is limited in at least one dimension compared to the first field-of-view, creating a model outline including at least one area of the patient'"'"'s body included in the first field-of-view but not in the second field-of-view, appending the model outline to the fraction image, to include at least one outlined portion in the fraction image which is outside the second field-of-view to obtain an intermediate image, performing a deformable registration between the outline of the planning image and the outline of the fraction image, using the result of the deformable registration to include material information from the area in the planning image inside of the outlined portion in the intermediate image, to obtain a composite image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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