US 12,420,117 B2
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 Jun. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/334,946.
Application 18/334,946 is a continuation of application No. 17/752,625, filed on May 24, 2022, granted, now 11,712,584.
Prior Publication US 2023/0381541 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1067 (2013.01) [A61N 5/1031 (2013.01); A61N 5/1037 (2013.01); A61N 5/1038 (2013.01); A61N 5/1039 (2013.01); A61N 5/1047 (2013.01); A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61N 5/1068 (2013.01); A61N 5/1071 (2013.01); A61N 5/1082 (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)] 30 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;
predicting a future change in the current state of the anatomical volume during the treatment delivery session; and
adjusting, while the anatomical volume is in the current state, the delivery of the dose of radiation to the anatomical volume to anticipate the future change in the current state of the anatomical volume during the treatment delivery session.