Siemens Healthineers International Ag

Varian Medical Systems International Ag

Marco Lessard

Tobias Gass

Thomas Coradi

Tomasz Morgas

Jonas Honegger

Benjamin M Haas

Christopher Boylan

Esa Kuusela

Lauri Halko

Edit Siket-Szasz

Thomas Schwere

Joerg Desteffani

Systems and method for automatically generating structures, such as target volumes, in a treatment image using structure-guided deformation to propagate the structures from a planning image onto the subsequently acquired treatment image.

Systems, methods and devices for automated target volume generation

Systems and methods for implementing an adaptive therapy workflow that minimizes time needed to create a session patient model, select an appropriate plan for the treatment session, and treat the patient.

Streamlined, guided on-couch adaptive workflow

In accordance with at least some embodiments of the present disclosure, a process to improve computed tomography (CT) to cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) registration is disclosed. The process may include receiving a CT image generated by CT-scanning of an object, and receiving a CBCT image generated by CBCT-scanning of the object. The process may include generating an image mask based on Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) information extracted from the CBCT image. For a specific pixel in the CBCT image, the image mask contains a corresponding data-field indicating whether the specific pixel contains image data generated based on the CBCT-scanning of the object. The process may further include generating a registered image by utilizing the image mask to perform a DIR between the CT image and the CBCT image.

Deformable image registration based on an image mask generated based on a two-dimensional (2D) computed tomography (CT) image

In a method of interactive manipulation of the dose distribution of a radiation treatment plan, after an initial candidate treatment plan has been obtained, a set of clinical goals are transferred into a set of constraints. Each constraint may be expressed in terms of a threshold value for a respective quality index of the dose distribution. The dose distribution can then be modified interactively by modifying the threshold values for the set of constraints. Re-optimization may be performed based on the modified threshold values. A user may assign relative priorities among the set of constraints. When a certain constraint is modified, a re-optimized treatment plan may not violate those constraints that have priorities that are higher than that of the modified constraint, but may violate those constraints that have priorities that are lower than that of the modified constraint.

Interactive dose manipulation using prioritized constraints

Deformable image registration based on masked computed tomography (CT) image

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Trois Rivieres, Canada

Marco Lessard