Radiation treatment plan optimization apparatus and method
AssigneeSiemens Healthineers International AG
InventorEsa Kuusela
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Abstract
A control circuit accesses computed tomography images for a given patient and also accesses at least one image that includes an image of an artificial portion of the given patient. The control circuit then ascribes a density value to the artificial portion of the given patient and optimizes a radiation treatment plan for that given patient as a function of the computed tomography images, the image of the artificial portion of the given patient, and the density value ascribed to the artificial portion of the given patient to provide a resultant optimized radiation treatment plan.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- by a control circuit:
- accessing computed tomography images for a given patient;
- accessing at least one image that includes an image of an artificial portion of the given patient;
- ascribing a density value to the artificial portion of the given patient;
- optimizing a radiation treatment plan for the given patient as a function of the computed tomography images, the image of the artificial portion of the given patient, and the density value ascribed to the artificial portion of the given patient to provide a resultant optimized radiation treatment plan.
An apparatus comprising:
- a control circuit configured to:
- access computed tomography images for a given patient;
- access at least one image that includes an image of an artificial portion of the given patient;
- ascribe a density value to the artificial portion of the given patient;
- optimize a radiation treatment plan for the given patient as a function of the computed tomography images, the image of the artificial portion of the given patient, and the density value ascribed to the artificial portion of the given patient to provide a resultant optimized radiation treatment plan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.