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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
May. 04, 2009
Shuang Luan, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Nathan Swanson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Lijun MA, Foster City, CA (US);
Shuang Luan, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Nathan Swanson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Lijun Ma, Foster City, CA (US);
STC.UNM, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a method and system for developing a dynamic scheme for Gamma Knife radiosurgery based on the concept of 'dose-painting' to take advantage of robotic patient positioning systems on the Gamma Knife C and Perfexion units. The spherical high dose volume created by the Gamma Knife unit will be viewed as a 3D spherical 'paintbrush', and treatment planning is reduced to finding the best route of this “paintbrush” to “paint” a 3D tumor volume. Under the dose-painting concept, Gamma Knife radiosurgery becomes dynamic, where the patient is moving continuously under the robotic positioning system.