Patent · US Active

Method and system for automatic patient identification

US9179982B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22Claims

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Assignee

VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. · US

Inventors

Patrik Kunz · Baden, CH
Jonas Honegger · Zürich, CH
Michael Huber · Täby, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 20, 2012
Grant date	Nov 10, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 2, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG16H30/40
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a method of verifying patient identity, an image of an individual who is to receive radiotherapy is obtained and compared with a reference image of a patient to whom the radiotherapy is intended. Confirmation or negation of the individual to be the patient intended can be made based on the comparison of the image of the individual with the reference image of the patient.

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