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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2006
Weiguo LU, Madison, WI (US);
Kenneth J. Ruchala, Madison, WI (US);
Gustavo H. Olivera, Madison, WI (US);
Eric Schnarr, McFarland, WI (US);
Jeffrey M. Kapatoes, Madison, WI (US);
Thomas R. Mackie, Verona, WI (US);
Paul J. Reckwerdt, Madison, WI (US);
Weiguo Lu, Madison, WI (US);
Kenneth J. Ruchala, Madison, WI (US);
Gustavo H. Olivera, Madison, WI (US);
Eric Schnarr, McFarland, WI (US);
Jeffrey M. Kapatoes, Madison, WI (US);
Thomas R. Mackie, Verona, WI (US);
Paul J. Reckwerdt, Madison, WI (US);
TomoTherapy Incorporated, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
A system and method of adapting a radiation therapy treatment plan. The method includes the acts of preparing a treatment plan for a patient, acquiring images of the patient, performing deformable registration of the images, acquiring data relating to a radiation dose delivered to the patient, applying a biological model relating the radiation dose delivered and a patient effect, and adapting the radiation therapy treatment plan based on the deformable registration and the biological model.