Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus pertaining to radiation-treatment plan optimization
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Application No.: US16364973Application Date: 2019-03-26
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Publication No.: US10561858B2Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Inventor: Janne I. Nord , Jarkko Y. Peltola , Juha Kauppinen
- Applicant: Varian Medical Systems International AG
- Applicant Address: CH Steinhausen
- Assignee: Varian Medical Systems International AG
- Current Assignee: Varian Medical Systems International AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Steinhausen
- Agency: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
- Main IPC: A61N5/10
- IPC: A61N5/10 ; G06F19/00 ; G16H40/63 ; G16H20/40

Abstract:
A radiation-treatment plan that comprises a plurality of dose-delivery fractions can be optimized by using fraction dose objectives and at least one other, different dose objective. This use of fraction dose objectives can comprise accumulating doses delivered in previous dose-delivery fractions. The other, different dose objective can comprise a remaining total dose objective, a predictive dose objective, or some other dose objective of choice. An existing radiation-treatment plan having a corresponding resultant quality and that is defined, at least in part, by at least one delivery parameter can be re-optimized by specifying at least one constraint as regards that delivery parameter as a function, at least in part, of that resultant quality and then applying that constraint when re-optimizing the existing radiation-treatment plan.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190217124A1 Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Radiation-Treatment Plan Optimization Public/Granted day:2019-07-18
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