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Segmentation algorithmic approach to step-and-shoot intensity modulated radiation therapy

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posted on 2016-06-07, 00:00 authored by Chao Wang, Danny Z. Chen, Shuang Luan, Sharon Hu Xiaobo, Xiaodong Wu

The present invention provides a method comprising recursively partitioning an intensity modulated beam into plateaus; and partitioning the plateaus into segments. The present invention also provides a method for controlling administration of radiation therapy to a patient based on static leaf prescriptions. In addition, the present invention provides a method for partitioning an IMB.

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Patent Number

US 7283611 B2

Other Application

11/085,510

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http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN/7283611

Inventor

Shuang Luan Danny Z. Chen Xiaobo Sharon Hu Chao Wang Xiaodong Wu

Inventor from Local Institution

Danny Z. Chen Xiaobo Sharon Hu

Assignee

University of Notre Dame Du Lac

Date Modified

2017-08-01

Language

English

Claims

23

Publisher

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Cooperative Patent Classification Codes

A61N 5/103 (20130101); Y10S 378/901 (20130101); A61N 5/1042 (20130101); A61N 5/1036 (20130101)

Contributor

Danny Z. Chen|Xiaobo Sharon Hu

International Patent Classification Codes

A61N 5/10 (20060101)

US Patent Classification Codes

378/65; 378/51; 378/64; 378/901;

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