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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
Brainlab Ag, Munich, DE;
Jens Witte, Munich, DE;
BRAINLAB AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
Disclosed is a medical image data processing method for determining a clinical target volume for a medical treatment, wherein the method comprises executing, on at least one processor () of at least one computer (), steps of: a) acquiring (S) first image data describing at least one image of an anatomical structure of a patient; b) acquiring (S) second image data describing an indicator for a preferred spreading direction or probability distribution of at least one target cell; c) determining (S) registration data describing a registration of the first image data to the second image data by performing a co-registration between the first image data and the second image data using a registration algorithm; d) determining (S) gross target region data describing a target region in the at least one image of the anatomical structure based on the first image data; e) determining (S) margin region data describing a margin around the target region based on the gross target region data; f) determining (S) clinical target volume data describing a volume in the anatomical structure for the medical treatment based on the registration data, the gross target region data and the margin region data.