Patent ID: 7171255
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable medium for facilitating performance of medical therapy treatment on a patient, the computer-readable medium comprising: one or more instructions executable by a processor for processing real-time image data to generate in substantially real time an image of a treatment region of a patient's body along with an image of a therapeutic device inserted inside the patient's body relative to the treatment region, the therapeutic device including a radiation source; one or more instructions executable by a processor for retrieving a planned dose spatial distribution for the patient's body, the planned dose spatial distribution corresponding to a planned position for the radiation source; and one or more instructions executable by a processor for displaying, in substantially real time and in spatial registration with each other, the real time treatment region image, the therapeutic device, the radiation source and the planned dose spatial distribution, wherein at least one of the real time treatment region image and the planned dose spatial distribution is displayed as a translucent image.