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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2007
Lothar Spies, Hamburg, DE;
Helga Hummel, Aachen, DE;
Carolina Ribbing, Aachen, DE;
Ralf Hoffmann, Brüggen, DE;
Peter Klaus Bachmann, Würselen, DE;
Lothar Spies, Hamburg, DE;
Helga Hummel, Aachen, DE;
Carolina Ribbing, Aachen, DE;
Ralf Hoffmann, Brüggen, DE;
Peter Klaus Bachmann, Würselen, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An improved radiation therapy planning procedure is suggested. The procedure comprises the steps of specifying and determining the absolute grade of cell degeneracy by in-vitro tests, whereby marker(s) indicative for specific cell degeneracy are detected and quantified, establishing a biology-based segmentation of areas with similar grade of relative cell degeneracy and applying the absolute grade of cell degeneracy to the biology-based segmentation data, thereby establishing an improved radiation therapy planning procedure. Moreover, the present invention suggests a system for an improved radiation therapy planning procedure and its use in procedures of diagnosis and/or therapy management of cancer.