Patent ID: 9555263
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A61N

Claim:
1. A method for supporting a brachytherapy comprising steps of: introducing at least one radiation means and at least one dose measuring means into a target area of an object under treatment including at least one target object; measuring a value of a radioactive radiation originating from the at least one radiation means using the at least one dose measuring means; transmitting the measured value to a processing unit; receiving an image obtained from an image apparatus by the processing unit, wherein the image includes the at least one radiation means introduced into the target area, the at least one dose measuring means introduced into the target area, and the at least one target object; determining a position of the at least one radiation means introduced into the target area, a position of the at least one dose measuring means introduced into the target area, and a position of the at least one target object from the received image; determining a local distribution of a radiation dose of the at least one radiation means from the measured value, wherein the local distribution is determined on the determined position of the at least one radiation means and the determined position of the at least one dose measuring means that are introduced into the determined position of the target area; comparing the determined local distribution of the radiation dose of the at least one radiation means with a predeterminable local distribution; outputting a warning signal if the determined local distribution exceeds the predeterminable local distribution; checking whether an abort criterion is fulfilled; and repeating the steps from the measurement of the value of the radioactive radiation until the abort criterion is fulfilled.