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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2006
Jeffrey M. Kapatoes, Madison, WI (US);
Gustavo H. Olivera, Madison, WI (US);
Eric Schnarr, McFarland, WI (US);
Weiguo LU, Madison, WI (US);
Kenneth J. Ruchala, Madison, WI (US);
Paul J. Reckwerdt, Madison, WI (US);
John H. Hughes, Madison, WI (US);
Thomas R. Mackie, Verona, WI (US);
Jeffrey M. Kapatoes, Madison, WI (US);
Gustavo H. Olivera, Madison, WI (US);
Eric Schnarr, McFarland, WI (US);
Weiguo Lu, Madison, WI (US);
Kenneth J. Ruchala, Madison, WI (US);
Paul J. Reckwerdt, Madison, WI (US);
John H. Hughes, Madison, WI (US);
Thomas R. Mackie, Verona, WI (US);
Tomo Therapy Incorporated, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
A system and method of defining a new region of interest for an existing region of interest using a dose volume histogram. The method includes the acts of generating a dose volume histogram of radiation dose for a pre-existing region of interest, selecting a subset of the dose volume histogram, and defining a new region of interest that corresponds to the selected subset of the dose volume histogram.