US 11,712,584 B1
Prospective and retrospective on-line adaptive radiotherapy
John Dooley, Castro Valley, CA (US); Jeremy Heil, Middleton, WI (US); Eric Schnarr, McFarland, WI (US); Richard Holloway, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Charles Brandon Frederick, Raleigh, NC (US); Robert Elijah Broadhurst, Carrboro, NC (US); Kevin Gorczowski, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Jari Toivanen, Redwood City, CA (US); Dylan Casey, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Calvin Maurer, Jr., San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Accuray Incorporated, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Accuray Incorporated, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on May 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/752,625.
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1067 (2013.01) [A61N 5/10 (2013.01); A61N 5/103 (2013.01); A61N 5/1031 (2013.01); A61N 5/1037 (2013.01); A61N 5/1038 (2013.01); A61N 5/1039 (2013.01); A61N 5/1042 (2013.01); A61N 5/1045 (2013.01); A61N 5/1047 (2013.01); A61N 5/1048 (2013.01); A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61N 5/1064 (2013.01); A61N 5/1065 (2013.01); A61N 5/1068 (2013.01); A61N 5/1071 (2013.01); A61N 5/1077 (2013.01); A61N 5/1081 (2013.01); A61N 5/1082 (2013.01); A61N 5/1083 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1052 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1054 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1055 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1061 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1072 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1087 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
performing, during a treatment delivery session, a delivery of a dose of radiation to an anatomical volume using a treatment beam;
detecting, during the treatment delivery session, a current state of the anatomical volume based on an imaging scan;
determining, based on a model of the anatomical volume, a future change in the current state of the anatomical volume during the treatment delivery session, wherein the model comprises at least one of anatomic structures, a motion model of the anatomical volume, or a deformation model of the anatomical volume; and
adjusting, while the anatomical volume is in the current state, a treatment delivery to anticipate the future change in the current state of the anatomical volume during the treatment delivery session.