Blood-tissue surface based radiosurgical renal treatment planning

A radiosurgical system for altering a neural function of a patient body, the radiosurgical system comprising a computing device configured to:

• acquire image data from a blood vessel adjacent to a nerve;
• generate a three-dimensional model by identifying a boundary between the blood vessel and blood flowing therein from the image data;
• receive an input regarding a radiation target with a reference to an image of the three-dimensional model, wherein the radiation target is offset from a surface of the boundary between the blood vessel and the blood flowing therein;
• generate an ionizing radiation treatment plan based upon the input regarding the radiation target;
• and
• project a dose cloud to the three-dimensional model based upon the ionizing radiation treatment plan.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium with computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• acquire image data from a blood vessel adjacent to a nerve;
• generate a three-dimensional model by identifying a boundary between the blood vessel and blood flowing therein from the image data;
• receive an input regarding a radiation target with a reference to an image of the three-dimensional model, wherein the radiation target is offset from a surface of the boundary between the blood vessel and the blood flowing therein;
• generate an ionizing radiation treatment plan based upon the input regarding the radiation target;
• and
• project a dose cloud to the three-dimensional model based upon the ionizing radiation treatment plan.