Patent ID: 8835878
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of delivering radiation in a session, comprising: executing at least a part of a first package of a treatment plan to deliver radiation towards a patient using a radiation system, wherein the radiation is delivered based at least in part on a physiological phase or a position of the patient; executing a transition of the treatment plan for changing a configuration of the radiation system when no radiation is being delivered by the radiation system; executing at least a part of a second package of the treatment plan to deliver additional radiation towards the patient; automatically stopping a delivery of radiation during execution of the first or the second package in response to a breathing of the patient not meeting a criterion, wherein the act of stopping the delivery of radiation results in non-delivered radiation for the first or the second package; and delivering radiation to make up at least a part of the non-delivered radiation.