US 12,383,764 B2
Energy treatment plan quality assurance dose rate metric apparatus and method
Miriam Krieger, Halle (DE); Sylvie Spiessens, Desselgem (BE); and Michael Matthew Folkerts, Costa Mesa, CA (US)
Assigned to Siemens Healthineers International AG, Steinhausen (CH)
Filed by Siemens Healthineers International AG, Steinhausen (CH)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/085,934.
Prior Publication US 2024/0207642 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1031 (2013.01) [A61N 5/103 (2013.01); A61N 5/1064 (2013.01); A61N 5/1071 (2013.01); A61N 5/1081 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1087 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1089 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
by a control circuit:
optimizing an energy treatment plan to therapeutically treat a given patient's treatment volume with energy to provide an optimized Flash energy treatment plan;
determining at least one delivered dose rate as regards applying the energy pursuant to the optimized energy treatment plan;
determining a quality assurance dose rate metric that corresponds to the at least one delivered dose rate;
informing a user regarding information that corresponds to the quality assurance dose rate metric.