Patent ID: 9616248
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: A61N

Claim:
1. A method for treating a target in a patient with an ionizing radiation beam, wherein a marker is positioned within the patient relative to the target, the method comprising: acquiring first target data by locating the marker in a first reference frame external to the patient using a portable localization unit having a marker localization modality and while the patient and the portable localization system are positioned at a treatment planning area; obtaining second target data by locating the marker in a second reference frame of a radiation delivery device via the portable localization unit while irradiating the patient with an ionizing radiation beam of the radiation delivery device according to a radiation treatment plan, and while the patient is positioned at a radiation delivery area, wherein the radiation delivery area is at a location that is separate from the treatment planning area; acquiring hardware data related to the radiation delivery device; and at least one of—