Patient monitoring system
US9789338B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 13, 2016 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 3, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N2005/1059
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A patient monitoring system for monitoring a patient undergoing radiotherapy comprising a projector operable to project a pattern of light onto a patient undergoing radiation treatment, a patient restraint operable to restrain the patient relative to a treatment apparatus, an image detector operable to obtain images of the patient, and a model generation module operable to process images of the patient obtained by the image detector to generate a model of the surface of a portion of the patient, wherein at least a portion of the patient restraint is colored and the model generation module is inhibited from generating a model of the colored portion of the patient restraint.
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