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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025

Filed:

May. 05, 2023
Applicants:

Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Siemens Healthineers International Ag, Steinhausen, CH;

Inventors:

Reynald Vanderstraeten, Brussels, BE;

Eric Abel, San Jose, CA (US);

Christel Smith, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Anthony Magliari, Swansea, IL (US);

Timo Koponen, Espoo, FI;

Stanley Mansfield, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Charles Adelsheim, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2005.12); G16H 10/60 (2017.12); G16H 20/40 (2017.12); G16H 40/63 (2017.12); G16H 50/50 (2017.12); A61B 6/03 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1031 (2012.12); A61N 5/1038 (2012.12); A61N 5/1045 (2012.12); G16H 10/60 (2017.12); G16H 20/40 (2017.12); G16H 40/63 (2017.12); G16H 50/50 (2017.12); A61B 6/032 (2012.12); A61N 5/1043 (2012.12); A61N 5/1069 (2012.12); A61N 5/1071 (2012.12);
Abstract

Radiation treatment planning includes accessing values of parameters such as a number of beams to be directed into sub-volumes in a target, beam directions, and beam energies. Information that specifies limits for the radiation treatment plan are accessed. The limits include a limit on irradiation time for each sub-volume outside the target. Other limits can include a limit on irradiation time for each sub-volume in the target, a limit on dose rate for each sub volume in the target, and a limit on dose rate for each sub-volume outside the target. The values of the parameters are adjusted until the irradiation time for each sub-volume outside the target satisfies the maximum limit on irradiation time.


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