Patent ID: 8376613
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of reproducibly interfacing a patient with a radiation delivery device, the method comprising: placing the patient on a patient positioner in a reproducible manner; fixing and attaching the patient to the patient positioner so that the patient and the patient positioner move together as a single unit in a controlled fashion; providing a desired orientation and location of a radiation dose based at least in part on the location, orientation, and shape of a treatment area of the patient; determining the location of the treatment area of the patient relative to a virtual isocenter of a diagnostic, simulation or treatment unit, comprising the steps of: accounting for the computed discrepancy to move the patient positioner with respect to the virtual isocenter in order to place the patient according to the desired orientation and location of a radiation dose; and verifying the position of the patient positioner such that that the treatment area of the patient is positioned with respect to the virtual isocenter according to the desired orientation and location of a radiation dose.