US 11,786,204 B2
Automatically-registered patient fixation device images
Armel C. Rosselet, Baden (CH); Xinhui Yang, Oberrohrdorf (CH); and Martin Sabel, Hagendorn (CH)
Assigned to Siemens Heathineers International AG, Steinhausen (CH)
Filed by Varian Medical Systems International AG, Steinhausen (CH)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/891,558.
Application 17/891,558 is a continuation of application No. 16/833,778, filed on Mar. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,478,210.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386980 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/5229 (2013.01) [A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/0421 (2013.01); A61B 6/469 (2013.01); A61N 5/1039 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
accessing computed tomography (CT) image information for a particular patient wherein the CT image information includes image information regarding a fixation device that served to immobilize at least a portion of the particular patient while capturing the CT image information;
accessing a three-dimensional (3D) model for the fixation device;
combining information regarding the 3D model for the fixation device with the image information regarding the fixation device to provide combined CT image information for the particular patient;
preparing a radiation treatment plan for the particular patient as a function, at least in part, of the combined CT image information for the particular patient.