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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2020
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Alfonso Agatino Isola, Eindhoven, NL;
Marco Baragona, Eindhoven, NL;
Guillaume Leopold Theodorus Frederik Hautvast, Eindhoven, NL;
Christoph Neukirchen, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a system for assisting in planning a focal therapy treatment of a structure () within a patient body () by applying a treatment quantity using one or more devices () operated in one or more device positions. The system comprises a unit () configured to generate a constraint function representing clinical objectives relating to the treatment quantity, a selection unit () configured to determine, for each of at least some non-selected candidate device positions, a sum of negative derivatives of the constraint function with respect to the treatment parameter associated with the respective device position and to select a device position for use in the treatment based on a comparison of the determined sums, and an optimization unit () configured to determine at least one optimized treatment parameter for the selected device position based on the constraint function.