# US 12,005,273 B2 · Calibration method, device and storage medium of radiotherapy equipment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,005,273 B2 - Document ID: US12005273B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/618,766 - Filed: 2017-06-02 - Published: 2020-04-30 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2017-06-02 - Assignees: Our United Corporation - Applicants: Our United Corporation - Inventors: Jinsheng Li; Hao Yan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12005273B2 ## CPC - A61N 5/1075: {for testing, calibrating, or quality assurance of the radiation treatment apparatus} - A61N 5/1049: {for verifying the position of the patient with respect to the radiation beam} - A61N 2005/1061: {using an x-ray imaging system having a separate imaging source} - A61N 2005/1076: {using a dummy object placed in the radiation field, e.g. phantom} - A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B) ## Abstract Provided are a calibration method, device and storage medium of radiotherapy equipment. The calibration method of the radiotherapy equipment adopts an imaging body disposed within a preset distance range of an isocenter of radiotherapy equipment to perform error calibration on the radiotherapy equipment, and includes: imaging the imaging body through an imaging system to obtain an actual image of the imaging body; determining an image deviation between the actual image and a theoretical image of the imaging body, wherein the theoretical image is determined in advance based on a theoretical position of the imaging system and a spatial position of the imaging body in a rack; and determining a system error of imaging system based on the image deviation. Thus, the imaging system is calibrated without moving a treatment couch. The calibration accuracy of imaging system is not influenced by movement precision of treatment couch. The calibration accuracy is improved. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An error calibration method of radiotherapy equipment comprising an imaging system, wherein an imaging body disposed within a preset distance range of an isocenter of the radiotherapy equipment is adopted for error calibration of the radiotherapy equipment, and the error calibration method comprises: imaging the imaging body through the imaging system to obtain an actual image of the imaging body; determining an image deviation between the actual image and a theoretical image of the imaging body, the theoretical image being obtained in advance based on a theoretical position of the imaging system and a spatial position of the imaging body in the radiotherapy equipment; and determining a system error of the imaging system based on the image deviation, wherein the radiotherapy equipment further comprises a positioning system, and the positioning system comprises a locating reference device and a treatment couch; and after determining the system error of the imaging system based on the image deviation, the error calibration method further comprises: adjusting the imaging system based on the system error of the imaging system for error correction; acquiring a scanned image of a model body placed on the treatment couch, the model body being provided with a reference point thereon; positioning the model body on the treatment couch through the locating reference device and the treatment couch, to enable that the reference point on the model body overlaps a central point of the positioning system; moving the treatment couch based on a position relationship between the central point of the positioning system and the isocenter of the radiotherapy equipment, to put the model body into the radiotherapy equipment; imaging the model body that is put into the radiotherapy equipment through the imaging system subjected to the error correction to obtain an actual image of the model body; and calibrating the positioning system based on the actual image and the scanned image of the model body to obtain a system error of the positioning system. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The error calibration method according to claim 1, wherein calibrating the positioning system based on the actual image and the scanned image of the model body comprises: moving one of the actual image and the scanned image of the model body until a first area in the actual image of the model body overlaps a second area in the scanned image of the model body, wherein the first area and the second area are areas with the same content; determining a first movement displacement and a first rotation angle, wherein the first movement displacement and the first rotation angle respectively refer to a moved displacement and a rotated angle of one of the actual image and the scanned image of the model body when the first area and the second area overlap with each other; and determining the system error of the positioning system based on the first movement displacement and the first rotation angle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The error calibration method according to claim 1, wherein the radiotherapy equipment further comprises a rack on which the imaging system is disposed; the rack drives the imaging system to rotate around the isocenter of the radiotherapy equipment; and the error calibration method further comprises: driving the imaging system to rotate around the isocenter of the radiotherapy equipment through the rack; imaging the imaging body at different rotation angles through the imaging system, when the rack drives the imaging system to rotate around the isocenter of the radiotherapy equipment, to obtain actual images of the imaging body at different rotation angles; determining image deviations between the actual images and theoretical images of the imaging body at different rotation angles respectively; and determining system errors of the imaging system at different rotation angles based on the image deviations at different rotation angles respectively. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A location method of a radiotherapy target, wherein radiotherapy equipment of which calibration is accomplished by the error calibration method according to claim 1 is adopted to locate the radiotherapy target; and the location method comprises: acquiring a scanned image of the radiotherapy target placed on the treatment couch, the radiotherapy target being provided with a reference point thereon; positioning the radiotherapy target on the treatment couch through the positioning system to enable that the reference point on the radiotherapy target overlaps a central point of the positioning system; moving the treatment couch based on the position relationship between the central point of the positioning system and the isocenter of the radiotherapy equipment, to put the radiotherapy target into the radiotherapy equipment; imaging the radiotherapy target through the imaging system to obtain an actual image of the radiotherapy target; and moving the radiotherapy target to a preset position based on the actual image and the scanned image of the radiotherapy target. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The location method according to claim 4, wherein positioning the radiotherapy target on the treatment couch through the positioning system comprises one of the following steps: adjusting the positioning system based on the system error of the positioning system for error correction; and positioning the radiotherapy target on the treatment couch through the positioning system subjected to error correction; and positioning the radiotherapy target on the treatment couch through the positioning system, and performing error compensation based on the system error of the positioning system in the positioning process. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The location method according to claim 4, wherein imaging the radiotherapy target through the imaging system to obtain an actual image of the radiotherapy target comprises one of the following steps: adjusting the imaging system based on the system error of the imaging system for error correction; and imaging the radiotherapy target through the imaging system subjected to error correction to obtain the actual image of the radiotherapy target; and imaging the radiotherapy target through the imaging system to obtain an initial image of the radiotherapy target; performing error compensation on the initial image of the radiotherapy target based on the system error of the imaging system; and determining the initial image of which the error compensation is accomplished as the actual image of the radiotherapy target. ### Claim 7 An error calibration method of radiotherapy equipment comprising an imaging system, wherein an imaging body disposed within a preset distance range of an isocenter of the radiotherapy equipment is adopted for error calibration of the radiotherapy equipment, and the error calibration method comprises: imaging the imaging body through the imaging system to obtain an actual image of the imaging body; determining an image deviation between the actual image and a theoretical image of the imaging body, the theoretical image being obtained in advance based on a theoretical position of the imaging system and a spatial position of the imaging body in the radiotherapy equipment; and determining a system error of the imaging system based on the image deviation, wherein the radiotherapy equipment further comprises a positioning system, and the positioning system comprises a locating reference device and a treatment couch; and after determining the system error of the imaging system based on the image deviation, the error calibration method further comprises: acquiring a scanned image of a model body placed on the treatment couch, the model body being provided with a reference point thereon; positioning the model body on the treatment couch through the locating reference device and the treatment couch to enable that the reference point on the model body overlaps a central point of the positioning system; moving the treatment couch based on a position relationship between the central point of the positioning system and the isocenter of the radiotherapy equipment, to put the model body into the radiotherapy equipment; imaging the model body that is put into the radiotherapy equipment through the imaging system to obtain an initial image of the model body; performing error compensation on the initial image of the model body based on the system error of the imaging system; determining the initial image of which the error compensation is accomplished as an actual image of the model body; and calibrating the positioning system based on the actual image and the scanned image of the model body to obtain a system error of the positioning system. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The error calibration method according to claim 7, wherein calibrating the positioning system based on the actual image and the scanned image of the model body comprises: moving one of the actual image and the scanned image of the model body until a first area in the actual image of the model body overlaps a second area in the scanned image of the model body, wherein the first area and the second area are areas with the same content; determining a first movement displacement and a first rotation angle, wherein the first movement displacement and the first rotation angle respectively refer to a moved displacement and a rotated angle of one of the actual image and the scanned image of the model body when the first area and the second area overlap with each other; and determining the system error of the positioning system based on the first movement displacement and the first rotation angle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) A location method of a radiotherapy target, wherein radiotherapy equipment of which calibration is accomplished by the error calibration method according to claim 7 is adopted to locate the radiotherapy target; and the location method comprises: acquiring a scanned image of the radiotherapy target placed on the treatment couch, the radiotherapy target being provided with a reference point thereon; positioning the radiotherapy target on the treatment couch through the positioning system to enable that the reference point on the radiotherapy target overlaps a central point of the positioning system; moving the treatment couch based on a position relationship between the central point of the positioning system and the isocenter of the radiotherapy equipment, to put the radiotherapy target into the radiotherapy equipment; imaging the radiotherapy target through the imaging system to obtain an actual image of the radiotherapy target; and moving the radiotherapy target to a preset position based on the actual image and the scanned image of the radiotherapy target. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The location method according to claim 9, wherein positioning the radiotherapy target on the treatment couch through the positioning system comprises one of the following steps: adjusting the positioning system based on the system error of the positioning system for error correction; and positioning the radiotherapy target on the treatment couch through the positioning system subjected to error correction; and positioning the radiotherapy target on the treatment couch through the positioning system, and performing error compensation based on the system error of the positioning system in the positioning process. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein an instruction is stored in the computer readable storage medium; and when the computer readable storage medium runs on a computer, the computer executes an error calibration method of radiotherapy equipment comprising an imaging system, wherein an imaging body disposed within a preset distance range of an isocenter of the radiotherapy equipment is adopted for error calibration of the radiotherapy equipment, and the error calibration method comprises: imaging the imaging body through the imaging system to obtain an actual image of the imaging body; determining an image deviation between the actual image and a theoretical image of the imaging body, the theoretical image being obtained in advance based on a theoretical position of the imaging system and a spatial position of the imaging body in the radiotherapy equipment; and determining a system error of the imaging system based on the image deviation, wherein the radiotherapy equipment further comprises a positioning system, and the positioning system comprises a locating reference device and a treatment couch; and after determining the system error of the imaging system based on the image deviation, the error calibration method further comprises: adjusting the imaging system based on the system error of the imaging system for error correction; acquiring a scanned image of a model body placed on the treatment couch, the model body being provided with a reference point thereon; positioning the model body on the treatment couch through the locating reference device and the treatment couch, to enable that the reference point on the model body overlaps a central point of the positioning system; moving the treatment couch based on a position relationship between the central point of the positioning system and the isocenter of the radiotherapy equipment, to put the model body into the radiotherapy equipment; imaging the model body that is put into the radiotherapy equipment through the imaging system subjected to the error correction to obtain an actual image of the model body; and calibrating the positioning system based on the actual image and the scanned image of the model body to obtain a system error of the positioning system.