US 12,133,992 B2
Streamlined, guided on-couch adaptive workflow
Tomasz Morgas, Henderson, NV (US); Marco Lessard, Trois Rivieres (CA); Tobias Gass, Vogelsang AG (CH); Benjamin Haas, Brittnau (CH); Thomas Coradi, Lenzburg (CH); Jonas Honegger, Zurich (CH); and Christopher Boylan, Helsinki (FI)
Assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS INTERNATIONAL AG, Steinhausen (CH)
Filed by Siemens Healthineers International AG, Steinhausen (CH)
Filed on Dec. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/528,611.
Application 18/528,611 is a continuation of application No. 18/095,094, filed on Jan. 10, 2023, granted, now 11,865,366, issued on Jan. 9, 2024.
Application 18/095,094 is a continuation of application No. 17/471,281, filed on Sep. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,583,700, issued on Feb. 21, 2023.
Application 17/471,281 is a continuation of application No. 17/016,994, filed on Sep. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,135,448, issued on Oct. 5, 2021.
Application 17/016,994 is a continuation of application No. 16/233,360, filed on Dec. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,799,716, issued on Oct. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/747,439, filed on Oct. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0226604 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1038 (2013.01) [A61N 5/1048 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1074 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for implementing user checkpoints in an automated adaptive radiation therapy session, comprising:
allowing a user access, via a console of a computer processing system, to a set of previously determined treatment directives for a patient, the treatment directives including information regarding planned radiation dose, planned clinical goals, planned clinical goal values, reference patient model, reference treatment plan, reference structures, list of influencer structures, and at least one reference image of the patient;
acquiring a treatment session image of the patient;
prompting the user to select one or more influencer structures from the list of influencer structures contained in the set of treatment directives and to initiate delineation of the selected influencer structures on the treatment session image;
prompting the user to evaluate the delineated influencer structures on the treatment session image;
presenting the user, via a console display, with a plurality of options based on the evaluation, the options including an option to accept the delineated influencer structures;
allowing the user to initiate propagation of selective structures included in the reference image onto the treatment session image upon acceptance of the delineated influencer structures by the user;
prompting the user to evaluate the propagated structures;
presenting the user, via the console display, with a plurality of options based on the evaluation, the options including an option to accept the propagated structures;
allowing the user to initiate generation of a first treatment plan and a second treatment plan upon acceptance of the propagated structures;
prompting the user to evaluate the generated first and second treatment plans;
presenting the user, via the console display, with a plurality of options that the user can select from based on the evaluation, the plurality of options including an option to select the first treatment plan to be executed in the current treatment session, an option to select the second treatment plan to be executed in the current treatment session, and an option to execute a contingency treatment plan for the current treatment session; and
allowing the user to select an appropriated treatment plan to be executed in the current treatment session of the adaptive radiation therapy.