Radiation therapy planning and follow-up system with large bore nuclear and magnetic resonance imaging or large bore CT and magnetic resonance imaging

A radiation therapy planning and follow-up system (10) includes an MR scanner (12) with a first bore (16) which defines an MR imaging region (18) and a functional scanner (26), e.g., a nuclear imaging scanner, or a CT scanner with a second bore (30) which defines a nuclear or CT imaging region (36)....

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Main Authors Morich, Michael Andrew, Ojha, Navdeep
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 13.11.2018
Subjects
DIAGNOSIS
ELECTROTHERAPY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MAGNETOTHERAPY
MEASURING
MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES
MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PHYSICS
RADIATION THERAPY
SURGERY
TESTING
ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Summary:A radiation therapy planning and follow-up system (10) includes an MR scanner (12) with a first bore (16) which defines an MR imaging region (18) and a functional scanner (26), e.g., a nuclear imaging scanner, or a CT scanner with a second bore (30) which defines a nuclear or CT imaging region (36). The first and second bores (16,30) have a diameter of at least 70 cm, and preferably 80-85 cm. A radiation therapy type couch (90) moves linearly through the MR imaging region (18) along an MR longitudinal axis and the nuclear or CT imaging region (36) along a nuclear or CT longitudinal axis which is aligned with the MR longitudinal axis. The couch positions a subject sequentially in the MR and nuclear or CT imaging regions (18, 36). A fusion processor combines an image representation generated from data collection in the MR imaging region (18) and an image representation generated from data collection in the nuclear or CT imaging region (36) into a composite image representation and a planning processor (112) generates a radiation therapy treatment plan according to the composite image.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201113993424