Triggered treatment systems and methods
In various embodiments, a radiation therapy method can include loading a planning image of a target in a human. In addition, the position of the target can be monitored. A computation can be made of an occurrence of substantial alignment between the position of the target and the target of the planning image. Furthermore, after the computing, a beam of radiation is triggered to deliver a dosage to the target in a short period of time (e.g., less than a second).
1. A radiation therapy method comprising:
loading a planning image of a target in a human;
monitoring the position of said target;
computing an occurrence of substantial alignment between the position of said target and said target of said planning image, said computing comprises utilizing a sum of a real-time deformation vector-field; and
after said computing, triggering a beam of radiation to deliver a dosage to said target in less than a second.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said planning image comprises a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said monitoring comprises performing fluoroscopy.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said planning image comprises a computed tomography (CT) image.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said triggering is performed manually by a human.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said computing comprises a visual representation of said sum of said real-time deformation vector-field.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said monitoring comprises generating a real-time image of said target.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said computing comprises a visual representation comprising a bar graph.
9. A radiation therapy method comprising:
loading a planning image of a target in a human;
monitoring the position of said target;
mapping said target in both said monitoring and said planning image;
computing an occurrence of substantial alignment between the position of said target and said target of said planning image, said computing comprises utilizing a sum of a real-time deformation vector-field; and
after said computing, triggering a beam of radiation to deliver a fraction of a dosage to said target in less than a second.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein said planning image comprises a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein said monitoring comprises performing fluoroscopy.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein said planning image comprises a computed tomography (CT) image.
13. The method of claim 9 , wherein said triggering is performed manually by a human.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein said computing comprises a visual representation of said sum of said real-time deformation vector-field.
15. The method of claim 9 , wherein said computing comprises a visual representation comprising a bar graph.
16. A radiation therapy method comprising:
loading a planning image of a target in a human;
monitoring the position of said target;
computing an occurrence of substantial alignment between the position of said target and said target of said planning image, said computing comprises utilizing a sum of a real-time deformation vector-field;
after said computing, triggering a beam of radiation to deliver a dosage to said target in less than a second; and
after said triggering, performing quality assurance utilizing information associated with said monitoring.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein said planning image comprises a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image.
18. The method of claim 16 , wherein said monitoring comprises performing fluoroscopy.
19. The method of claim 16 , wherein said triggering is performed manually by a human.
20. The method of claim 16 , wherein said computing comprises a visual representation comprising a bar graph.