Radiotherapy utilizing the entire 4PI solid angle
US10549116B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 1, 2016 |
| Grant date | Feb 4, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 9, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N2005/109
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In various embodiments, methods and devices are provided for generating a radiotherapy treatment plan for a subject to be implemented on a radiotherapy device. In certain embodiments the methods involve determining all feasible radiotherapy beam orientations free of collision for said radiotherapy device and said subject to provide a set of radiotherapy beam orientations; selecting from the set of all feasible radiotherapy beam orientations a subset of beams that meet treatment goals to be used in treatment of the subject to provide a selected beam set; calculating a navigation trajectory for the radiotherapy device to delivery said subset of beams to the subject where the trajectory is free of collision; and generating and writing instruction files to a tangible medium that can be executed by said radiotherapy device.
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