Methods for real-time image guided radiation therapy
US11033757B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 28, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N2005/1091
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for guiding the delivery of therapeutic radiation using incomplete or partial images acquired during a treatment session. A partial image does not have enough information to determine the location of a target region due to, for example, poor or low contrast and/or low SNR. The radiation fluence calculation methods described herein do not require knowledge or calculation of the target location, and yet may help to provide real-time image guided radiation therapy using arbitrarily low SNR images.
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