Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Images Used for Radiation-Treatment Planning

A radiation-treatment planning apparatus accesses first information regarding a first image that pertains to a patient's body at a first time as well as second information regarding a second image that pertains to the patient's body at a second, later time. The radiation-treatment planning...

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Main Author ZANKOWSKI COREY E
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 22.11.2012
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTROTHERAPY
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
MAGNETOTHERAPY
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PHYSICS
PRESENTATION OF DATA
RADIATION THERAPY
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Summary:A radiation-treatment planning apparatus accesses first information regarding a first image that pertains to a patient's body at a first time as well as second information regarding a second image that pertains to the patient's body at a second, later time. The radiation-treatment planning apparatus then correlates components of the patient's body as appear in the second image with components that appear in the first image while treating the components as comprising rigid structures regardless of whether those components, in fact, are rigid structures. The first information can include segmentation information as pertains to the components. These teachings will accommodate a wide range of components including, but not limited to, organs, portions of organs, and even implanted man-made objects.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201113112030