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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10045744 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2014

Frameless pre-positioning for radiosurgery

Applicant:

Brainlab Ag, Munich, DE;

Inventors:

Kajetan Berlinger, Munich, DE;

Stephan Froehlich, Aschheim, DE;

Eva Maria Gronbach, Rosenheim, DE;

Assignee:

Brainlab AG, Munich, DE;

Attorney:

Middleton Reutlinger

Primary Examiner:

Anastasia Midkiff

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 7/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/10 (2016.01); A61B 90/14 (2016.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/0492 (2013.01); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61N 5/1069 (2013.01); G01T 7/005 (2013.01); G06K 9/00208 (2013.01); G06K 9/2063 (2013.01); G06K 9/3216 (2013.01); G06K 9/6212 (2013.01); G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/0421 (2013.01); A61B 6/501 (2013.01); A61B 6/5211 (2013.01); A61B 6/547 (2013.01); A61B 90/14 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2090/101 (2016.02); A61B 2090/364 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02); A61N 2005/1061 (2013.01); G06K 9/2054 (2013.01); G06K 9/32 (2013.01); G06K 2009/2045 (2013.01); G06K 2009/3225 (2013.01); G06K 2009/3291 (2013.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30208 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2004 (2013.01);
Abstract

The presently described method is directed to determining a way of positioning a patient before execution of a medical procedure involving irradiating the patient with ionizing treatment radiation based on comparing medical images of the patient with a pre-acquired medical image. The planning computed tomography is searched for an image of the reference structure in order to determine the position of the patient relative to a patient support device. A retroreflective marker device, having a known and advantageously fixed position relative to the base plate, is detected by a navigation system operatively coupled to a motor of the support device. Based on the detected position of the marker device, the motor of the support device is activated to drive the patient into a desired position relative to beam direction along which the treatment radiation is to be issued towards the patient to execute the medical procedure.

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