IP Library Granted Patent US 10,737,117
Granted Patent B2
US 10,737,117 · App. 16/223,579 · Granted Aug 11, 2020

Medical apparatus and method

Inventors: Shinichiro Mori (Chiba, JP); Keiko Okaya (Setagaya, JP); Ryusuke Hirai (Shinagawa, JP); Koki Yanagawa (Tokorozawa, JP); Fumi Maruyama (Miura, JP); Yasushi Iseki (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,737,117
App. No.
16/223,579
Filed
Dec 18, 2018
Granted
Aug 11, 2020
Kind
B2
Examiner
KIM, KIHO
Art Unit
2884
USPC
378/65
Abstract

A medical apparatus according to an embodiment includes an acquirer, an identifier, an output controller, a display controller, and an input operation acquirer. The acquirer acquires a fluoroscopic image of a object from an imager which performs imaging by irradiating the object with an electromagnetic wave to generate the fluoroscopic image. The identifier identifies a target position of the object in the fluoroscopic image. The output controller outputs an irradiation permission signal to a therapeutic device which irradiates the object with a therapeutic beam when the target position identified by the identifier is settled within an irradiation permission range. The display controller causes a display to display an interface image for receiving an instruction to start each of a preparation stage of a therapy and an irradiation stage of the therapeutic beam. The input operation acquirer acquires details of an input operation performed by a user in the interface image.

Claims (48)

1. A medical apparatus comprising:

an acquirer configured to acquire a fluoroscopic image of an object from an imager which performs imaging by irradiating the object with an electromagnetic wave to generate the fluoroscopic image;

an identifier configured to identify a target position of the object in the fluoroscopic image;

an output controller configured to output an irradiation permission signal to a therapeutic device which irradiates the object with a therapeutic beam when the target position identified by the identifier is settled within an irradiation permission range;

a display controller configured to cause a display to display an interface image for receiving an instruction to start each of a preparation stage of a therapy and an irradiation stage of the therapeutic beam; and

an input operation acquirer configured to acquire details of an input operation performed by a user in the interface image.

2. The medical apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the output controller is configured to output an instruction for an operation to the imager in accordance with the details of an input operation acquired by the input operation acquirer.

3. The medical apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the output controller is configured to output an instruction for an operation to the imager and a particular function of the medical apparatus is activated, in accordance with a unit-based input operation acquired by the input operation acquirer.

4. The medical apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the output controller is configured to output the irradiation permission signal to the therapeutic device on condition that an input operation of causing a default state to be a cancel state is received by the input operation acquirer after a predetermined input operation in the interface image.

5. The medical apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the preparation stage of a therapy is a stage in which the identifier is configured to set a tracking condition for identifying the target position or a reference image is made, and

wherein the input operation acquirer is configured to receive an instruction to start the irradiation stage of the therapeutic beam without requiring an ending operation of the preparation stage.

6. The medical apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein when a therapy is performed over a plurality of times, information used by the identifier for identifying the target position, which is information designated through learning or by the user is succeeded.

7. The medical apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the succeeded information includes a position of a lesion designated in three-dimensional volume data.

8. The medical apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the succeeded information includes a position of a selected marker.

9. The medical apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display controller is configured to cause the display to display the irradiation permission range in a manner of being superimposed on the fluoroscopic image and changes a color of the irradiation permission range when the irradiation permission signal is output.

10. The medical apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display controller is configured to cause the display to display the irradiation permission range in a manner of being superimposed on the fluoroscopic image and changes a hue or brightness of any of an inner region or an outer region of the irradiation permission range when the irradiation permission signal is output.

11. The medical apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a notifier configured to issue notification by a sound or a vibration when the irradiation permission signal is output.

12. The medical apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein,

after the interface image for receiving an instruction to start the preparation stage of the therapy is operated, the identifier identifies the target position of the object in the fluoroscopic image, and the display controller causes the display to display the target position and the irradiation permission range on the fluoroscopic image, and

when the interface image for receiving an instruction to start the irradiation stage of the therapeutic beam is operated, the output controller can output the irradiation permission signal to the therapeutic device.

13. A medical apparatus comprising:

an acquirer configured to acquire a fluoroscopic image of an object from an imager which performs imaging by irradiating the object with an electromagnetic wave to generate the fluoroscopic image;

an identifier configured to identify a target position of the object in the fluoroscopic image;

an output controller configured to output an irradiation permission signal to a therapeutic device which irradiates the object with a therapeutic beam when the target position identified by the identifier is settled within an irradiation permission range;

a display controller configured to cause a display to display an interface image for receiving an instruction to start each of a preparation stage of a therapy and an irradiation stage of the therapeutic beam; and

an input operation acquirer configured to acquire details of an input operation performed by a user in the interface image,

wherein the input operation acquirer is configured to acquire a switching operation between marker tracking and markerless tracking in the preparation stage of a therapy and the irradiation stage of the therapeutic beam.

14. A method executed by a medical apparatus, comprising;

acquiring a fluoroscopic image of an object from an imager which performs imaging by irradiating the object with an electromagnetic wave to generate the fluoroscopic image,

identifying a target position of the object in the fluoroscopic image,

outputting an irradiation permission signal to a therapeutic device which irradiates the object with a therapeutic beam when the identified target position is settled within an irradiation permission range,

causing a display to display an interface image for receiving an instruction to start each of a preparation stage of a therapy and an irradiation stage of the therapeutic beam, and

acquiring details of an input operation performed by a user in the interface image.

15. The method according to claim 14 ,

wherein,

after the interface image for receiving an instruction to start the preparation stage of the therapy is operated, the target position of the object in the fluoroscopic image is identified, and the target position and the irradiation permission range are displayed on the fluoroscopic image by the display, and

when the interface image for receiving an instruction to start the irradiation stage of the therapeutic beam is operated, the irradiation permission signal can be output to the therapeutic device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 073480/0276 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2018
From: MORI, SHINICHIRO; OKAYA, KEIKO; HIRAI, RYUSUKE; YANAGAWA, KOKI; MARUYAMA, FUMI; ISEKI, YASUSHI
To: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047805/0850 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-244071 · Dec 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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