System and method for patient-specific radiotherapy treatment verification and quality assurance system
OwnerEvangelos T. Pappas, Thomas G. Marisinventors
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Abstract
A radiotherapy treatment verification and quality assurance method may include receiving at least one set of first medical images of at least a portion of a patient. A three-dimensional model of the portion of the patient may be created based on the at least one set of first medical images. At least one dosimeter may be inserted into at least a portion of the model. The dosimeter is configured to measure exposure to radiation. The model may be irradiated in accordance with a radiotherapy treatment plan created by a treatment planning system. A readout of the model may be taken or performed to measure in three-dimensions a delivered radiation doses distribution.
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A method comprising:
- receiving medical images of one patient;
- creating a patient-specific three-dimensional model of a portion of the one patient based only on the medical images of the one patient;
- inserting a dosimeter into the patient-specific three-dimensional model, the dosimeter being configured to measure exposure to radiation;
- scanning the patient-specific three-dimensional model containing the dosimeter to provide at least one control readout image representing the patient-specific three-dimensional model;
- irradiating at least a portion of the patient-specific three-dimensional model containing the dosimeter according to a patient-specific radiotherapy treatment plan to yield an irradiated patient-specific three-dimensional model;
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- scanning the irradiated patient-specific three-dimensional model to provide at least one irradiated readout image representing a radiation dose distribution within the irradiated patient-specific three-dimensional model, wherein the at least one irradiated readout image is a three-dimensional image.
A method comprising:
- receiving medical images of one patient;
- creating a patient-specific three-dimensional model of a portion of the one patient based only on the medical images of the one patient;
- inserting a dosimeter into the patient-specific three-dimensional model, the dosimeter being configured to measure exposure to radiation;
- irradiating at least a portion of the patient-specific three-dimensional model containing the dosimeter according to a patient-specific radiotherapy treatment plan to yield an irradiated patient-specific three-dimensional model;
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- scanning the irradiated patient-specific three-dimensional model to provide at least one irradiated readout image representing a radiation dose distribution within the irradiated patient-specific three-dimensional model, wherein the at least one irradiated readout image is a three-dimensional image.
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