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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Patrik Kunz, Baden, CH;
Jonas Honegger, Zurich, CH;
Michael Huber, Beinwil am See, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/117 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/44 (2013.01); A61B 5/117 (2013.01); A61N 5/1048 (2013.01); G06K 9/00885 (2013.01); A61B 5/0033 (2013.01); G06F 19/3456 (2013.01); G06K 2209/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method of verifying patient identity, an image of an individual who is to receive radiotherapy is obtained and compared with a reference image of a patient to whom the radiotherapy is intended. Confirmation or negation of the individual to be the patient intended can be made based on the comparison of the image of the individual with the reference image of the patient.