Patent ID: 8121253

Claim:
A method for making a beam modifier to be placed on skin of a patient and to be used in radiation therapy comprising: defining a region of interest in a patient that is to receive radiation, with the region of interest being defined using an anatomy coordinate system format; defining radiation treatment parameters for the defined region of interest, with the radiation treatment parameters corresponding to an initial type beam modifier to be coupled to an output of a radiation device; defining radiation dosage to be applied to the region of interest; generating design data on a beam modifier to be placed on the skin of the patient, the design data being based on the defined region of interest and the defined radiation treatment parameters for the defined region of interest, and with the design data being in the same anatomy coordinate system format as the defined region of interest that is to receive the radiation; treating the design data on the beam modifier to be placed on the skin of the patient as a new region of interest and structure that the radiation will intersect; re-defining the radiation dosage to be applied to the new region of interest and structure while taking into account the beam modifier to be placed on the skin of the patient; and making the beam modifier to be placed on the skin of the patient based on the design data.