US 12,268,896 B1
Radiotherapy methods, systems, and workflow-oriented graphical user interfaces
Filip Vojan, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Brian Spatola, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/980,374.
Application 17/980,374 is a continuation of application No. 17/138,300, filed on Dec. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,577,095.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1039 (2013.01) [A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1056 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1092 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
presenting, by a server, a plurality of pages for display, each page corresponding to a stage of a radiotherapy treatment for a patient;
retrieving, by the server, a first image of an internal target of the patient, wherein the first image is generated at a time before the patient is positioned on a couch of a radiotherapy machine;
receiving, by the server, a second image of the internal target of the patient;
overlaying, by the server, on a first page of the plurality of pages, the first image and the second image, wherein the first page displays an alignment indication associated with positioning the internal target in the second image to align with the internal target in the first image; and
when the internal target is aligned, presenting, by the server, for display, a second page of the plurality of pages corresponding to a subsequent stage of the radiotherapy treatment for the patient.