PARTICLE THERAPY APPARATUS FOR IMAGING WITH MAGNETOMETERS

    公开(公告)号:US20240241194A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-18

    申请号:US18559973

    申请日:2022-05-13

    申请人: Elekta, Inc.

    IPC分类号: G01R33/12 A61N5/10

    摘要: Systems and techniques may be used for generating an image using one or more protons. For example, a technique may include detecting, over a time period using two orthogonal two-dimensional detector arrays, a magnetic field corresponding to a proton in motion. The technique may include determining a trajectory of the proton based on the magnetic field over the period of time, and generating a two-dimensional proton image using the trajectory. The two-dimensional proton image may be output for display.

    Real-time anatomic position monitoring for radiotherapy treatment control

    公开(公告)号:US11679276B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-20

    申请号:US17302254

    申请日:2021-04-28

    申请人: Elekta, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61N5/10 G06N20/10

    摘要: Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring anatomic position of a human subject and modifying a radiotherapy treatment based on anatomic position changes, as determined with a regression model trained to estimate movement of a region of interest. Example operations for movement monitoring and therapy control include: obtaining 3D image data for a subject, which provides a reference volume and at least one defined region of interest; obtaining real-time 2D image data corresponding to the subject, captured during the radiotherapy treatment session; extracting features from the 2D image data; producing a relative motion estimation of a region of interest with a machine learning regression model, the model trained to estimate a spatial transformation from the 2D image data based on training from the reference volume; and controlling a radiotherapy beam of a radiotherapy machine used in the radiotherapy session, based on the relative motion estimation.

    Systems and methods for determining radiation therapy machine parameter settings

    公开(公告)号:US11517768B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-06

    申请号:US15658484

    申请日:2017-07-25

    申请人: Elekta, Inc.

    发明人: Lyndon S. Hibbard

    摘要: Systems and methods can include a method for training a deep convolutional neural network to provide a patient radiation treatment plan, the method comprising collecting patient data from a group of patients, the patient data including at least one image of patient anatomy and a prior treatment plan, wherein the treatment plan includes predetermined machine parameters, and training a deep convolution neural network for regression by using the prior treatment plans and the corresponding collected patient data to determine a new treatment plan. Systems and methods can also include a method of using a deep convolutional neural network to provide a radiation treatment plan, the method comprising retrieving a trained deep convolution neural network previously trained on patient data from a group of patients, collecting new patient data, wherein the new patient data includes at least one image of patient anatomy, and determining a new treatment plan for the new patient using the trained deep convolutional neural network for regression, wherein the new treatment plan has a new set of machine parameters.

    Particle arc treatment planning
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11369804B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-28

    申请号:US17302225

    申请日:2021-04-27

    申请人: Elekta, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61N5/10 G16H20/40

    摘要: System and methods may be used for arc fluence optimization without iteration to arc sequence generation. A method may include defining a particle arc range for a radiotherapy treatment of a patient, and generating an arc sequence, including a set of parameters for delivering the radiotherapy treatment, without requiring a dose calculation. The method may include optimizing fluence of the arc sequence for the radiotherapy treatment without iterating back to arc sequence generation, and outputting the fluence optimized arc sequence for use in the radiotherapy treatment.

    Adaptive radiotherapy system
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11318327B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-03

    申请号:US16665360

    申请日:2019-10-28

    申请人: Elekta, Inc.

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to a method for use in adaptive radiotherapy and a treatment planning device. The method may comprise accessing a first medical image and a second medical image that represent a region of interest of a patient at different times. Each medical image is segmented into a target region and at least one non-target region. The method may further comprise accessing a deformation vector field including a plurality of vectors, wherein each vector defines a geometric transformation to map a respective voxel in the first medical image to a corresponding voxel in the second medical image. The method may further comprise generating a modified deformation vector field by: identifying a first vector in the deformation vector field that maps a voxel in the first medical image to a voxel that is in a non-target region in the second medical image; and determining whether the first vector causes a distance between the mapped voxel and the target region to increase and, if so, reducing the magnitude of the first vector. The method may further comprise post-processing the modified deformation vector field to compensate for changes in the shape or size of the target region.

    MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH TO REAL-TIME PATIENT MOTION MONITORING

    公开(公告)号:US20210339046A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-04

    申请号:US17305772

    申请日:2021-07-14

    申请人: Elekta, Inc.

    摘要: Systems and techniques may be used to estimate a patient state during a radiotherapy treatment. For example, a method may include generating a dictionary of expanded potential patient measurements and corresponding potential patient states using a preliminary motion model. The method may include training, using a machine learning technique, a correspondence motion model relating an input patient measurement to an output patient state using the dictionary. The method may include estimating, using a processor, the patient state corresponding to an input image using the correspondence motion model.

    Adaptive treatment management system with a workflow management engine

    公开(公告)号:US10886026B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-05

    申请号:US15556676

    申请日:2016-03-10

    申请人: ELEKTA, INC.

    摘要: This disclosure relates generally to treatment management systems, which may include a clinical database for storing therapeutic protocols. The system may also include a treatment engine operatively connected to the clinical database. The treatment engine may obtain diagnostic information and select a first plurality of therapeutic protocols from the clinical database based on the obtained diagnostic information and reference protocol data. The treatment engine may calculate a treatment efficacy probability for each protocol using the reference protocol data. The treatment engine may develop a first treatment plan and evaluate intermediate data indicating an altered patient state due to the first treatment plan. The treatment engine may select, based on reference protocol data and adaptive protocol data, a second treatment plan using a second plurality of therapeutic protocols. The selected second treatment plan is adapted based on the clinical objective, the reference protocol data, and the treatment efficacy information.

    Radiation treatment planning or administration electron modeling

    公开(公告)号:US10668300B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-02

    申请号:US15836474

    申请日:2017-12-08

    申请人: Elekta, Inc.

    IPC分类号: G06G7/56 A61N5/10

    摘要: Radiation treatment planning and administration can include a Monte Carlo computer simulation tool to simulate photo-generated electrons in tissue. In the simulation, electrons that have left tissue voxels and entered air voxels can be evaluated to identify electrons that are circling along a spiraling trajectory in the air voxels. After at least one full spiraling circumference or other specified distance has been traversed using a detailed electron transport model, a simpler linear ballistic motion model can be instituted. This speeds simulation while accurately accounting for spiraling electrons that re-enter tissue voxels.