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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2012
Kevin L. Moore, St. Louis, MO (US);
Sasa Mutic, St. Louis, MO (US);
Ryan Scott Brame, St. Louis, MO (US);
Lindsey Appenzoller, St. Louis, MO (US);
Kevin L. Moore, St. Louis, MO (US);
Sasa Mutic, St. Louis, MO (US);
Ryan Scott Brame, St. Louis, MO (US);
Lindsey Appenzoller, St. Louis, MO (US);
Washington University, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Embodiments develop a predictive dose-volume relationships for a radiation therapy treatment is provided. A system includes a memory area for storing data corresponding to a plurality of patients, wherein the data comprises a three-dimensional representation of the planning target volume and one or more organs-at-risk. The data further comprises an amount of radiation delivered to the planning target volume and the one or more organs-at-risk. The system further includes one or more processors programmed to access, from the memory area, the data and to develop a model that predicts dose-volume relationships using the three-dimensional representations of the planning target volume and the one or more organs-at-risk. The model is being derived from correlations between dose-volume relationships and calculated minimum distance vectors between discrete volume elements of the one or more organs-at-risk and a boundary surface of the planning target volume.