Patent ID: 8095203
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A computing system for processing data while a target is undergoing radiation therapy, comprising: a data receiver subsystem that is configured to cause a processor of the computing system to receive a stream of digital location indications while a patient is undergoing a continuous radiation treatment session in substantially real-time during administration of radiation treatment, each location indication identifying a location of a target in the patient using a marker secured in the patient such that the marker is substantially fixed relative to the target, the digital location indications being based upon locating the marker; a data processing subsystem that is configured to cause the processor of the computing system to determine whether the locations indicated by one or more location indications merits modifying a parameter of the continuous radiation treatment session, wherein the determination is in response to one or more location indications of the stream received during the continuous radiation treatment session, in substantially real-time relative to the receipt of the position indication by the data receiver subsystem; a modification subsystem that is configured to cause the processor of the computing system to modify the parameter during the continuous radiation treatment session in substantially real-time during administration of radiation treatment, without interrupting the continuous radiation treatment session, in response to the data processing subsystem determining that the locations indicated by one or more location indications merits modifying the parameter; and a data storage subsystem that is configured to cause the processor of the computing system to store the received stream of digital location indications in an electronic transcript, wherein the electronic transcript includes time-indexed information correlating the location indications received by the data receiver subsystem with treatment parameters of the continuous radiation treatment session, wherein the time-indexed information is provided as a plurality of records, and wherein each record includes: