Radiation treatment planning and delivery for moving targets in the heart

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11241590
APP PUB NO 20210008392A1
SERIAL NO

17038912

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Methods and systems are disclosed for radiating a moving object. The method may comprise acquiring a plurality of indicators of the phase of a physiological cycle of a patient and a plurality of images of the patient that include a target. Each image may be taken at a different phase of the physiological cycle and may be registered to the phase at which the image was taken. The method may also include identifying the target in each of the plurality of images, calculating a dose of radiation required to treat the target, calculating the number, orientation, and dwell time of one or more radiation beams required to deliver the calculated required dose of radiation to the target, and calculating a position of each of the one or more radiation beams required to achieve the calculated orientation. Each position may be a function of the phase of the physiological cycle to which each of the plurality of images is registered.

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  • VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gardner, Edward San Jose, US 12 141
Maguire, Patrick Portola Valley, US 81 1211
Sumanaweera, Thilaka Los Altos, US 31 722

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