US 12,478,803 B2
Systems, methods and computer software for optimized radiation therapy
James F. Dempsey, Pebble Beach, CA (US); and Iwan Kawrykow, Sofia (BG)
Assigned to ViewRay Systems, Inc., Denver, CO (US)
Filed by ViewRay Systems, Inc., Denver, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/969,540.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/270,855, filed on Oct. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0125812 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1039 (2013.01) [A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61N 5/1071 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory, machine-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:
automatically recalling imaging parameters from computer memory for controlling an MRI system to perform treatment-day scans of a patient on a treatment couch prior to treatment;
automatically initializing the treatment-day scans for execution according to the recalled imaging parameters, wherein the automatically initializing occurs without user input and is performed when sensing a treatment-day scanning trigger;
automatically controlling the MRI system to perform the treatment-day scans according to the recalled imaging parameters;
automatically generating at least one reoptimized radiation treatment plan;
displaying predicted doses to anatomical structures of the patient based on the at least one reoptimized radiation treatment plan; and
controlling a radiation therapy device to deliver radiation according to a selected radiation treatment plan.