US 11,813,479 B2
Method and apparatus to facilitate administering therapeutic radiation to a patient
Elena Czeizler, Helsinki (FI); Esa Kuusela, Espoo (FI); Mikko Hakala, Helsinki (FI); and Shahab Basiri, Helsinki (FI)
Assigned to Siemens Healthineers International AG, Steinhausen (CH)
Filed by Siemens Healthineers International AG, Steinhausen (CH)
Filed on Jun. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/898,643.
Prior Publication US 2021/0387017 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 9/20 (2006.01); G06T 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1031 (2013.01) [G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 9/002 (2013.01); G06T 9/004 (2013.01); G06T 9/20 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus to facilitate providing a radiation treatment plan to administer therapeutic radiation to a patient via a particular radiation treatment platform, the apparatus comprising:
a memory having image content regarding the patient and field geometry information regarding the particular radiation treatment platform stored therein;
a control circuit operably coupled to the memory, the control circuit being configured to:
access the image content regarding the patient;
access the field geometry information;
generate a predicted three-dimensional dose map that will result when treating the patient with the radiation treatment plan as a function of both the image content regarding the patient and the field geometry information, wherein the predicted three-dimensional dose map identifies quantitatively and discreetly differing levels of radiation dose within and throughout at least part of segmented, identified structures.