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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2018
Varian Medical Systems International Ag, Cham, CH;
María Isabel Cordero Marcos, Espoo, FI;
Hannu Mikael Laaksonen, Espoo, FI;
Esa Kuusela, Helsinki, FI;
Abstract
An apparatus includes: one or more input communicatively coupled to one or more medium storing current treatment plan data and a current image of a patient, the one or more input configured to obtain the current treatment plan data and the current image of the patient, wherein the current treatment plan data is for processing by a treatment machine; and a re-planning decision processor configured to determine a re-plan information based at least in part on the current treatment plan data, the current image, and a re-plan triggering model, the re-plan triggering model based on previous treatment plan data and previous image(s), wherein the re-plan information indicates a recommendation regarding treatment re-planning; wherein the re-planning decision processor is configured to output the re-plan information for reducing a burden, or for obviating a need, for a user of the apparatus to manually decide whether the treatment re-planning is desirable or not.