| US 7,590,219 B2 | ||
| Automatically determining a beam parameter for radiation treatment planning | ||
| Calvin R. Maurer, Jr., Mountain View, Calif. (US); Jay B. West, Mountain View, Calif. (US); and John W. Allison, Los Altos, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Accuray Incorporated, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 30, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/731,115. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/790503, filed on Apr. 07, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0011945 A1, Jan. 17, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 378—65 [378/145] | 37 Claims |
| 1. A method comprising:
automatically determining a beam parameter at each of a plurality of treatment nodes, wherein the beam parameter is a geometric
primitive for a beam shape; and
automatically calculating a dose distribution based on the beam parameter at each of the plurality of treatment nodes.
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