Patent ID: 9586059
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A61N

Claim:
1. A method in a computing system for guiding performance of a process relating to a patient localization and tracking system, comprising: displaying a user interface in a first state corresponding to a first process task in an ordered sequence of process tasks; performing the first process task, wherein performing the first process task includes confirming a position of a localization sensor relative to a treatment location; each time one of the process tasks to which a displayed state of the user interface corresponds is completed, automatically redisplaying the user interface in a state corresponding to a process task following a completed one of the process tasks to which the displayed state of the user interface corresponds; performing a second process task in the ordered sequence of process tasks after automatically redisplaying the user interface, wherein performing the second process task includes confirming locations of magnetic transponders implanted in a patient; and performing a third process task in the ordered sequence of process tasks after automatically redisplaying the user interface and confirming that the first and second process tasks have been completed, wherein performing the third process task includes tracking real-time locations of the magnetic transponders via the localization sensor and relative to the treatment location during delivery of radiation therapy.