A61N2005/105

Patient motion tracking system configured for automatic ROI generation
11688083 · 2023-06-27 · ·

The present disclosure relates to a patient motion tracking system for automatic generation of a region of interest on a 3D surface of a patient positioned in a radiotherapy treatment room. More particularly, the disclosure relates to an assistive approach of a motion tracking system, by which a region of interest (ROI) is automatically generated on a generated 3D surface of the patient. Furthermore, a method for automatically generating a ROI on the 3D surface of the patient is described. In particular, all the embodiments refer to systems integrating methods for automatic ROI generation in a radiotherapy treatment setup.

Combined imaging modalities for radiation treatment planning

A system includes acquisition of a first three-dimensional image of a patient volume using a magnetic resonance imaging scanner, acquisition of a second three-dimensional image of the patient volume using cone beam radiation emitted by the linear accelerator, and generation of a radiation treatment plan based on the first image and the second image.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND/OR MEASURING MOTION AND POSITION ASSOCIATED WITH A PATIENT

An apparatus for patient position or motion monitoring includes: an energy source configured to emit energy from a first location to a second location, or vice versa, wherein the second location that is moveable relative to the first location in response to a movement by a patient; and a processing unit coupled to receive an input that is based on the emitted energy, and to determine a characteristic associated with the patient based on the input.

Tube-detector alignment using light projections

The present invention relates to acquisition of medical image information of an object. In order to provide a user-friendly alignment of X-ray tube and a detector, optionally combined with an anti-scatter grid, an alignment arrangement is proposed, which comprises a tube attachment with a first light projection device and a detector attachment with a second light projection device. The first and second light projection devices each generate a light pattern on a projection surface. The tube attachment and the detector attachment can be brought into a correct spatial arrangement relative to each other by bringing the first light pattern in a predetermined spatial relation with the second light pattern on the projection surface.

Charged particle state determination apparatus and method of use thereof
09737733 · 2017-08-22 ·

The invention comprises a system for determining the state of a charged particle beam, such as beam position, intensity, and/or energy. For example, the charged particle beam state is determined at or about a patient undergoing charged particle cancer therapy using one or more film layers designed to emit photons upon passage of a charged particle beam, which yields information on position and/or intensity of the charged particle beam. The emitted photons are used to calculate position of the treatment beam in imaging and/or during tumor treatment. Optionally and preferably, updating a tomography map uses the same hardware with the same alignment used for cancer therapy at proximately the same time.

System for detecting, actively targeting and selectively treating malignant cells in human body by non-invasive procedure
09724156 · 2017-08-08 ·

The embodiments herein provide a system and method for detecting, actively targeting and selectively treating the biological targets in a human body by a non-invasive procedure. The system comprises an electromagnetic inductor supported at a predetermined height and rotated to generate a high frequency magnetic field. A head rest is provided at one end of a non-metallic bed provided at the center of the inductor for supporting a patient. A track is arranged below the bed to move the bed and the patient to a desired position indicated by a laser beam to efficiently aim at the targets. The electromagnetic inductor produces electric, magnetic and thermal effects on the nano-conductors attached to the biological targets to activate a nano drug infused into the blood stream of a patient and attached to the surface of the targets to dysfunction or destroy the targets.

Online Patient Reconstruction and Tracking for Patient Setup in Radiation Therapy Using an Iterative Closest Point Algorithm
20170216626 · 2017-08-03 ·

A medical data processing method for tracking the position of a body surface of a patient's body, the method comprising determining, based on initial surface reflection data and reflection pattern registration data, body surface movement data describing whether the body surface has undergone a movement.

RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEM, AND OPERATION PROCEDURE OF POSITIONING DEVICE THEREOF
20220266061 · 2022-08-25 ·

Provided is an operation procedure of a positioning device of a radiation therapy system. The radiation therapy system includes a radiation generation device used to generate therapeutic radiation, an irradiation chamber used to accommodate an irradiation subject receiving the radiation, a management chamber used to achieve irradiation control, and a support device used to transport and support the irradiation subject. The support device includes a support member supporting the irradiation subject, an adjustment assembly for adjusting a spatial position of the support member, and a joining assembly fixedly connecting the support member and the adjustment assembly together in a detachable manner. The support member at least includes a first support member and a second support member having a different size and/or shape from the first support member. The invention allows switching between support members having different sizes and/or shapes according to an actual use requirement.

Subject positioning systems and methods

Subject positioning systems and methods are provided. A method may include obtaining first information of at least part of a subject when the subject is located at a preset position, and determining, based on the first information, a first position of each of one or more feature points located on the at least part of the subject. The method may include obtaining, using an imaging device, second information of the at least part of the subject when the subject is located at a candidate position. The method may further include determining, based on the second information, a second position of each of the one or more feature points, a first distance between the first position and the second position for each feature point of the one or more feature points, and a target position of the subject based at least in part on the one or more first distances.

Apparatus and method pertaining to movement compensation during radiation treatment

A control circuit controls real-time administration of a radiation-treatment plan that administers a therapeutic radiation dose to a patient. This includes compensating for a first movement as regards the application setting using a first treatment-administration modality and responding to detection of a second movement by using a second treatment-administration modality that is different from the first treatment-administration modality.