Apparatus and Method to Facilitate Adapting a Radiation Treatment Plan
AssigneeVarian Medical Systems International AG
InventorsJanne Nord, Jarkko Peltola
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Abstract
An existing radiation treatment plan is accessed for a given patient as well as first information (such as automatically generated updated information) regarding at least one physical characteristic as corresponds to the radiation treatment of this patient. One then initiates, prior to receiving second information (such as user input) regarding the first information, an automatic adaptation process to adapt the treatment plan to accommodate the first information. Upon later receiving second information regarding the first information, one then modifies the automatic adaptation process itself to incorporate the second information regarding the first information.
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A method of adapting a treatment plan for irradiating a treatment volume within a patient, comprising:
- accessing an existing radiation treatment plan for the patient;
- accessing first information regarding at least one physical characteristic as corresponds to radiation treatment of the patient;
- initiating an automatic adaptation process to adapt the treatment plan to accommodate the first information;
- subsequent to initiating the automatic adaptation process, receiving second information regarding the first information;
- modifying the automatic adaptation process to incorporate the second information regarding the first information.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first memory having stored therein an existing radiation treatment plan for irradiating a treatment volume within a patient;
- a second memory having stored therein first information regarding at least one physical characteristic as corresponds to radiation treatment of the patient;
- an input;
- a processor operably coupled to the first memory, the second memory, and the input and being configured to:
- initiate an automatic adaptation process to adapt the treatment plan to accommodate the first information;
- subsequent to initiating the automatic adaptation process, receive second information via the input regarding the first information;
- modify the automatic adaptation process to incorporate the second information regarding the first information.
An apparatus comprising:
- a storage medium having stored therein a set of computer instructions for:
- accessing an existing radiation treatment plan for a patient;
- accessing first information regarding at least one physical characteristic as corresponds to radiation treatment of the patient;
- initiating, prior to receiving second information regarding the first information, an automatic adaptation process to adapt the treatment plan to accommodate the first information;
- receiving second information regarding the first information;
- modifying the automatic adaptation process to incorporate the second information regarding the first information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.