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US 10,376,716 B2Granted
Radiation therapy system with real-time magnetic resonance monitoring
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorErkki Tapani Vahala
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Abstract
Prior to the radiotherapy, an MR guided radiotherapy device acquires MR data and tracks structures relevant to the radiotherapy treatment. These MR data are displayed to a user. Furthermore, these data are used to calculate a quality factor for the treatment.
Claims19
A magnetic resonance guided radiotherapy system comprising:
- a magnetic resonance examination system configured to acquire magnetic resonance signals of a subject within an examination zone before and during radiotherapy, the magnetic resonance signals being indicative of motion of a structure of the subject;
- a radiotherapy system comprising a linear accelerator with a multi-leaf collimator, the radiotherapy system configured to perform the radiotherapy on the subject in accord with a radiotherapy plan identifying linear accelerator and multi-leaf collimator positions, the radiotherapy plan generated prior to performing the radiotherapy and assuming the motion of the structure of the subject within the examination zone indicated by the magnetic resonance signals acquired before radiotherapy;
- one or more computer processors programmed to:
- control the radiotherapy system to perform the radiotherapy according to the radiotherapy plan,
- during performing the radiotherapy, monitoring the motion of the structure of the subject in the examination zone by the magnetic resonance signals acquired of the subject during radiotherapy,
- generate a quality factor comparing (1) a variation between the motion of the structure indicated by the magnetic resonance signals acquired before the radiotherapy and the motion of the structure indicated by the magnetic resonance signals acquired during the radiotherapy with (2) one or more pre-set limits related to the variation, wherein at least one of the one or more pre-set limits is determined based on a limitation of the radiotherapy system to adjust delivery of the radiotherapy during motion of the structure during the radiotherapy, the one or more pre-set limits including a delay in a control circuit that controls compensating movement of an imaging table of the magnetic resonance examination system, the radiotherapy system and the multi-leaf collimator;
- recalculate the radiotherapy plan including recalculating multi-leaf collimator movement commands based on a comparison between the structure motion before radiotherapy with structure motion during delivery of the radiotherapy when the generated quality factor indicates the assumption of the motion of the structure of the subject within the examination zone indicated by the magnetic resonance signals acquired before radiotherapy is not valid;
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- control the radiotherapy system to adjust radiation therapy to a patient according to the recalculated radiotherapy plan.
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A magnetic resonance guided radiotherapy system for delivering radiotherapy to a structure of a subject in an examination zone, which structure is undergoing cyclic motion, the system comprising:
- a magnetic resonance system configured to acquire magnetic resonance signals of the structure in the examination zone before and during the delivery of the radiotherapy;
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- one or more computer processors programmed to:
- reconstruct the magnetic resonance signals received before the delivery of radiotherapy into a planning image and reconstruct the magnetic resonance signals received during the radiotherapy into a treatment image,
- using the magnetic resonance system, track a trajectory of a target position fplan in the planning image over a motion cycle before commencing delivery of the radiotherapy,
- generate a radiotherapy plan identifying linear accelerator and multi-leaf collimator positions using the planning image and on the assumption of motion indicated by the trajectory of the target position before commencing delivery of the radiotherapy;
- using the magnetic resonance system, track a trajectory of a target position ftreat of the structure in the examination zone after commencing delivery of the radiotherapy,
- determine a difference between the trajectories of the target positions before and during the delivery of the radiotherapy,
- compare the difference with one or more pre-set limitations to define a quality factor, the one or more pre-set limitations including at least a delay in a control circuit that controls compensating movement of an imaging table of the magnetic resonance examination system, the radiotherapy system and the multi-leaf collimator;
- recalculating the new radiotherapy plan if the comparison indicates the assumption of motion indicated by the trajectory of the target position before commencing delivery of the radiation therapy is not valid;
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- control a therapy device comprising a linear accelerator with a multi-leaf collimator, the radiotherapy system to deliver radiotherapy according to the new radiotherapy plan.
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A magnetic resonance guided radiotherapy system comprising:
- a magnetic resonance examination system configured to acquire magnetic resonance signals of a subject within an examination zone, the magnetic resonance signals being indicative of motion of a structure of the subject;
- a radiotherapy system comprising a linear accelerator with a multi-leaf collimator configured to perform radiotherapy on the subject based on a radiotherapy plan identifying linear accelerator and multi-leaf collimator positions, wherein the radiotherapy plan is based on Monte Carlo-based ray simulation for motion of the structure determined prior to performing the radiotherapy;
- wherein
- the radiotherapy system is configured to move a radiation source of the linear accelerator about the subject within the examination zone, and
- the magnetic resonance examination system is further configured to acquire the magnetic resonance signals before delivering the radiotherapy to determine if the radiotherapy plan can be safely delivered to the subject given the structure motion;
- wherein the magnetic resonance guided radiotherapy system further comprises one or more computer processors configured to:
- track the motion of the structure based on the magnetic resonance signals acquired before delivering the radiotherapy,
- compare the structure motion tracked before the radiotherapy with the motion of the structure tracked after commencing delivery of the radiotherapy,
- compare a variance between motion of the structure tracked before the delivery of the radiotherapy and the motion of the structure tracked after commencing the radiotherapy with at least one pre-set limit including a delay in a control circuit that controls compensating movement of an imaging table of the magnetic resonance examination system, the radiotherapy system and the multi-leaf collimator
- calculate a new radiotherapy plan based on Monte Carlo-based ray simulation for motion of the structure tracked after commencing the radiotherapy if the comparison of the variance with the at least one pre-set limit indicates detection of organ movement compared with the radiotherapy plan;
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- control a therapy device to deliver radiotherapy according to the new radiotherapy plan.
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