US 11,817,210 B2
Radiotherapy methods, systems, and workflow-oriented graphical user interfaces
Filip Vojan, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Brian Spatola, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/138,051.
Prior Publication US 2022/0208365 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC G16H 40/63 (2018.01) [A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61N 5/1048 (2013.01); A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61N 5/1081 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); A61B 6/465 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1074 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
retrieving, by a server, information from a radiotherapy file associated with a patient, the information comprising an alignment data of at least a treatment region of the patient;
presenting, by the server, for display on a graphical user interface, an image corresponding to the patient positioned on a couch of a radiotherapy machine, the image comprising an overlay on a surface of the patient in the treatment region; and
presenting, by the server, for display, a visually distinct revised overlay for at least a portion of the surface of the patient in the treatment region that matches, within a predetermined margin of error, the alignment data, wherein the at least the portion of the surface represents an extent to which the patient is in a satisfactory position for the radiotherapy treatment based on a reference surface included within the radiotherapy file and corresponding to one or more radiotherapy treatment attributes received from a treating physician.