Patent ID: 6650930
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: A61N,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of determining locations of radiation sensors in, on or adjacent a body during subsequent irradiation thereof by a radiation therapy system, comprising the steps of:(i) displaying on a display device, simultaneously, a representation of at least a portion of the body to be irradiated, and a plurality of graphics artefacts each representing a respective one of a plurality of radiation sensors to be positioned in, on or adjacent said body during subsequent irradiation of the body, each graphics artefact comprising a sensor icon and a sensor identifier; (ii) controlling the display means to relocate, selectively, some or all of the sensor icons of the graphics artefacts at respective positions on or adjacent said representation, said positions corresponding to positions on, in or adjacent said body at which the radiation sensors represented by the selected sensor icons are to be positioned during subsequent irradiation of the body, and (iii) outputting to one or both of storage means and recording means a record of the displayed representation and graphics artefacts with the sensor icons in their relocated positions.