Method for producing or updating radiotherapy plan

US6792074B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Brainlab AG · DE

Inventors

• Stephan Erbel · Munich, DE
• Stephan Fröhlich · Aschheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 3, 2001
• Grant date: Sep 14, 2004
• Expiry date: Jul 3, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30204
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing or updating a radiotherapy plan within the framework of inversely planned radiotherapy, wherein an up-to-date radiotherapy plan is calculated at least partly on the basis of the results of an already existing, approved, older plan.