US 12,447,356 B2
Radiation therapy treatment planning and radiation therapy treatment including mu distribution visualization
Pierre Lansonneur, Lyons (FR); and Michael Folkerts, Costa Mesa, CA (US)
Assigned to VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/467,054.
Prior Publication US 2025/0090863 A1, Mar. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01)
CPC A61N 5/1031 (2013.01) [A61N 5/103 (2013.01); A61N 5/1048 (2013.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); A61N 2005/1074 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1087 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
a memory storing computer executable instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the computer executable instructions to cause the system to
generate or obtain a first radiation treatment plan for a treatment target in a patient, the first radiation treatment plan prescribing beam characteristics for a plurality of beamlets or spots in the treatment target, the beam characteristics including a monitor unit value associated with each of the plurality of beamlets or spots in at least a first field, and
display, via a graphical user interface, at least one representation of a first distribution of monitor units for the first radiation treatment plan, the at least one representation of the first distribution of monitor units indicating, for each respective monitor unit value, a number of beamlets or spots in at least the first field having the respective monitor unit value.