CPC A61N 5/1031 (2013.01) [G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 9/002 (2013.01); G06T 9/004 (2013.01); G06T 9/20 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. An apparatus to facilitate providing a radiation treatment plan to administer therapeutic radiation to a patient via a particular radiation treatment platform, the apparatus comprising:
a memory having image content regarding the patient and field geometry information regarding the particular radiation treatment platform stored therein;
a control circuit operably coupled to the memory, the control circuit being configured to:
access the image content regarding the patient;
access the field geometry information;
generate a predicted three-dimensional dose map that will result when treating the patient with the radiation treatment plan as a function of both the image content regarding the patient and the field geometry information, wherein the predicted three-dimensional dose map identifies quantitatively and discreetly differing levels of radiation dose within and throughout at least part of segmented, identified structures.
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