Patent ID: 11931598
Assignee: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL AG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 7:
8. An apparatus to facilitate irradiating a particular patient with therapeutic radiation, the apparatus comprising:
a memory having stored therein:
image information regarding the particular patient, which image information includes, at least in part, a tumor to be irradiated;
non-image clinical information, wherein the non-image clinical information comprises at least one of tumor type, tumor location, and tumor grading;
a control circuit operably coupled to the memory and configured to:
access the image information and the non-image clinical information and automatically generate a clinical target volume that is larger than the tumor as a function of both the image information and the non-image clinical information;
generate a radiation treatment plan to irradiate the clinical target volume.