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Time optimized radiation treatment

US10716954B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS PARTICLE THERAPY GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Holger Goebel · Hamburg, DE
Isabel Huth · Egerten, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Jul 21, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 4, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N2005/1087
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving treatment information relating to a treatment plan for proton- or ion-beam therapy intended to irradiate a target tissue; receiving machine-limitation information relating to one or more limitations of one or more machines involved in the proton- or ion-beam therapy; determining a time-optimized beam current for a proton or ion beam based on the treatment information and the machine-limitation information, wherein the time-optimized beam current minimizes the time required to deliver a required quantity of monitor units to one of a plurality of spots, wherein each of the plurality of spots is a particular area of the target tissue; and delivering the time-optimized beam current to the particular area.

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