Patent ID: 6083167
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: A61B,A61N,G16H

Abstract:
A system for use with an imaging system that acquires in-vivo images of a treatment volume and generates image data, the system comprising:a dose calculator for receiving a prescription plan and for calculating dose data for the treatment volume, the dose data representing a desired calculated dose to be delivered to the treatment volume;a dose and image registration unit for receiving the image data from the imaging system, for receiving the dose data from the dose calculator, for deriving a qualitative dose evaluation of the dose data with the image data, and for deriving a quantitative dose evaluation of the dose data with the image data; anda display for receiving the qualitative and quantitative dose evaluations from the dose and image registration unit and for displaying the qualitative and quantitative dose evaluations of the calculated dose with images of the treatment volume;wherein the qualitative and quantitative dose evaluations of the calculated dose with the images of the treatment volume allow clinicians to assess the prescription plan for that treatment volume.