Quality assurance system for radiation therapy equipment, and quality assurance method thereof
US10019789B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 24, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30168
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A quality assurance system for radiation therapy equipment includes an image capturing unit installed on radiation therapy equipment and capturing an image of an indicating part indicating an operational state of the radiation therapy equipment, an image processing unit extracting an edge of the indicating part in image captured by the image capturing unit, a center point extraction unit extracting a center point with respect to the edge, and a quality evaluation unit evaluating quality of the radiation therapy equipment by tracking movement of the center point.
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