Patient positioning system for radiotherapy

USRE47588E1 · kind E1 · reissue

Assignee

• Brainlab AG · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 28, 2016
• Grant date: Sep 3, 2019
• Expiry date: Jul 28, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A patient positioning system for radiotherapy, comprising a device for positioning a patient within the framework of treatment planning, using image detection and/or carrying out radiation treatment, comprising a patient bed on which a patient is positioned, wherein means are provided by which the same bed may be arranged both on a planning couch for image detection within the framework of treatment planning as well as on a radiotherapy table, and by providing a reference means on the patient bed by which the position of the immobilized patient or of a marked radiation target is determined with respect to the patient bed. Within this framework, a corresponding method is also provided, as well as an adjusting means for the transport and the bed.