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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Hassan Mostafavi, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1069 (2013.01); A61B 5/0037 (2013.01); A61B 5/0555 (2013.01); A61B 5/1114 (2013.01); A61B 5/1128 (2013.01); A61N 5/1081 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1087 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of monitoring a patient includes: obtaining an input image having a plurality of regions of interest by a processing unit; and determining a plurality of positions for the respective plurality of regions of interest by the processing unit; wherein the act of determining the plurality of positions comprises: accessing a plurality of templates; comparing the plurality of templates with respective areas in the input image using a comparator in the processing unit; and determining the plurality of positions based at least in part on a result of the act of comparing.