Treatment planning and delivery using temperature uncertainty maps
US9971004B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 4, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 15, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/5608
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and programmable computer system calculates and displays the regions where the temperature can be reliably measured in a thermal therapy procedure. The clinician or automated control system then can make an informed decision to treat these regions or plan a treatment to avoid them based on the sensitivity of surrounding structures to unintended heating.
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