RADIOTHERAPY METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND WORKFLOW-ORIENTED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES
Granted: August 24, 2023
Application Number:
20230264047
A method comprises presenting, by a server for display on a screen associated with a radiotherapy machine, a series of consecutive graphical user interfaces (GUIs), wherein a first GUI comprises: a first graphical indicator (GI) corresponding to a first attribute associated with configuration of the radiotherapy machine, and a second GI corresponding to a second attribute associated with the patient; when the server receives an indication that a user interacting with a pendant in…
REFILLABLE ION CHAMBER WITH AUTOMATED PURGING SYSTEM
Granted: August 17, 2023
Application Number:
20230260738
An apparatus includes an ion chamber and a valve assembly. The ion chamber may include a housing enclosing a gas and one or more electrodes. The valve assembly is coupled to the ion chamber allowing control of replacement of the gas within the housing.
RADIOTHERAPY METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND WORKFLOW-ORIENTED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES
Granted: July 27, 2023
Application Number:
20230233878
Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a method comprises presenting, by a server, for display on a graphical user interface, an image of a position of a patient on a couch of a radiotherapy machine, whereby at least a gantry of the radiotherapy machine is configured to rotate around the patient; calculating, by the server, one or more predicted collisions between a part of the radiotherapy…
NEURAL NETWORK CALIBRATION FOR RADIOTHERAPY
Granted: July 6, 2023
Application Number:
20230211184
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for identifying radiation therapy treatment data for patients. A processor accesses a neural network trained based on a first set of data generated from characteristic values of a first set of patients that received treatment at one or more first radiotherapy machines. The processor executes the neural network using a second set of data comprising characteristic values of a second set of patients receiving treatment at one or more second…
RADIOTHERAPY METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND WORKFLOW-ORIENTED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES
Granted: July 6, 2023
Application Number:
20230211183
Disclosed herein are radiotherapy systems and methods that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a system comprises a first display in communication with a server, the first display configured to display a first graphical user interface; a second display in communication with the server, the second display configured to display a second graphical user interface, wherein the server is configured to: present the first graphical user interface for…
SINGLE-PASS IMAGING AND RADIATION TREATMENT DELIVERY VIA AN EXTENDED ROTATION GANTRY
Granted: June 29, 2023
Application Number:
20230201631
An example method of radiation therapy in a radiation therapy system that includes a gantry with a treatment-delivering X-ray source and an imaging X-ray source mounted thereon is described. The method includes rotating the gantry in a first direction at a first rotational velocity about an open bore and concurrently rotating an annular support structure at a second rotational velocity about the open bore, wherein the second rotational velocity is less than the first rotational velocity.…
RADIOTHERAPY METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND WORKFLOW-ORIENTED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES
Granted: June 1, 2023
Application Number:
20230166127
Disclosed herein are radiotherapy systems and methods that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a system comprises a first display in communication with a server, the first display configured to display a first graphical user interface; a second display in communication with the server, the second display configured to display a second graphical user interface, wherein the server is configured to: present the first graphical user interface for…
RADIOTHERAPY METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND WORKFLOW-ORIENTED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES
Granted: May 18, 2023
Application Number:
20230149738
Disclosed herein are radiotherapy systems and methods that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a system comprises a first display in communication with a server, the first display configured to display a first graphical user interface; a second display in communication with the server, the second display configured to display a second graphical user interface, wherein the server is configured to: present the first graphical user interface for…
MACHINE LEARNING FOR INTELLIGENT RADIOTHERAPY DATA ANALYTICS
Granted: March 30, 2023
Application Number:
20230102914
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for predicting performance attributes of radiotherapy machines. A processor generates a machine-readable object by executing an algorithm using an electronic log file comprising at least one operational attribute of a radiotherapy machine and a corresponding timestamp. The processor executes a machine learning model using the machine-readable object to predict a performance attribute of the radiotherapy machine. The processor provides the…
TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION USING DOSE ESTIMATION AND CONFLICT DETECTION
Granted: February 23, 2023
Application Number:
20230057253
Systems and methods for radiation treatment planning can include a computing system determining an estimate of radiation dose distribution within an anatomical region of a patient, and determining a cost matrix representing an objective function, using the estimate of radiation dose distribution. The computing system can project the cost matrix on each of a plurality of fluence planes. Each of the plurality of fluence planes can be associated with a corresponding gantry-couch orientation…
RADIOTHERAPY METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND WORKFLOW-ORIENTED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES
Granted: February 23, 2023
Application Number:
20230054200
Disclosed herein are radiotherapy systems and methods that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a system comprises a first display in communication with a server, the first display configured to display a first graphical user interface; a second display in communication with the server, the second display configured to display a second graphical user interface, wherein the server is configured to: present the first graphical user interface for…
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING USING DEEP LEARNING ENGINES
Granted: January 19, 2023
Application Number:
20230020911
Example methods for adaptive radiotherapy treatment planning using deep learning engines are provided. One example method may comprise obtaining treatment image data associated with a first imaging modality and planning image data associated with a second imaging modality. The treatment image data may be acquired during a treatment phase of a patient. Also, planning image data associated with a second imaging modality may be acquired prior to the treatment phase to generate a treatment…
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING USING DEEP LEARNING ENGINES
Granted: January 19, 2023
Application Number:
20230020911
Example methods for adaptive radiotherapy treatment planning using deep learning engines are provided. One example method may comprise obtaining treatment image data associated with a first imaging modality and planning image data associated with a second imaging modality. The treatment image data may be acquired during a treatment phase of a patient. Also, planning image data associated with a second imaging modality may be acquired prior to the treatment phase to generate a treatment…
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELING TO SUGGEST FIELD GEOMETRY TEMPLATES
Granted: December 29, 2022
Application Number:
20220415472
Embodiments described herein provide for recommending radiotherapy treatment attributes. A machine learning model predicts the preference of a medical professional and provides relevant suggestions (or recommendations) of radiotherapy treatment attributes for various categories of radiotherapy treatment. Specifically, the machine learning model predicts field geometry attributes from various field geometry attribute options for various field geometry attribute categories. The machine…
CLASSIFICATION OF ORGAN OF INTEREST SHAPES FOR AUTOSEGMENTATION QUALITY ASSURANCE
Granted: December 29, 2022
Application Number:
20220414867
Embodiments described herein provide for receiving a second image comprising an overlay depicting an organ-at-risk (OAR) segmentations. The overlay is generated by a first machine learning model based on a first image depicting the anatomical region of a current patient. A second machine learning model receives the second image and set of third images depicting prior patient OAR segmentations on which the second machine learning model was trained. The second machine learning model…
MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH FOR SOLVING BEAM ANGLE OPTIMIZATION
Granted: December 29, 2022
Application Number:
20220414525
Embodiments described herein provide for revising radiation therapy treatment plans, and in particular, revising beam angles used during radiation therapy treatment. A computer may receive a radiation therapy treatment plan based on a particular patient's diagnosis. The computer may use a machine learning model to revise radiation therapy treatment parameters such as a beam angle indicating a direction of radiation into the patient. The machine learning model may use reinforcement…
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENABLED PREFERENCE LEARNING
Granted: December 29, 2022
Application Number:
20220414428
Embodiments described herein provide for training an artificial intelligence model to become a preference-aware model. The artificial intelligence model preferences as the artificial intelligence model trains. Reinforcement learning is used to train experts in the artificial intelligence model such that each expert is trained to converge to a unique preference. The architecture of the artificial intelligence model is highly flexible. Upon executing a trained model, users can select…
AUTOMATIC LOCALIZED EVALUATION OF CONTOURS WITH VISUAL FEEDBACK
Granted: December 29, 2022
Application Number:
20220414402
A localized evaluation network incorporates a discriminator acting as classifier, which may be included within a generative adversarial network (GAN). GAN may include a generative network such as U-NET for creating segmentations. The localized evaluation network is trained on image pairs including medical images of organs of interest and segmentation (mask) images. The network is trained to distinguish whether an image pair does or does not represent the ground truth. GAN examines…
BEAM-OFF MOTION THRESHOLDS IN RADIATION THERAPY BASED ON BREATH-HOLD LEVEL DETERMINATION
Granted: December 29, 2022
Application Number:
20220409931
A computer-implemented method of performing a treatment fraction of radiation therapy comprises: determining a current position of a target volume of patient anatomy; based on the current position of the target volume, computing an accumulated dose for non-target tissue proximate the target volume; determining that the accumulated dose is less than a current value for a dose budget of the non-target tissue; and in response to the accumulated dose being less than the current value for the…
PATIENT MARKING AND POSITIONING IN A RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEM
Granted: December 1, 2022
Application Number:
20220379140
An example method for a radiation therapy system that includes a movable couch to perform radiation therapy has been disclosed. One method includes based on the X-ray images of an anatomical region of the patient that includes a target volume, reconstructing a digital volume of the anatomical region and based on a user input indicating a location of a patient origin in the digital volume, determining one or more shift values for repositioning the patient origin at an isocenter of the…
