Method and apparatus for facilitating optimizing and administering an energy therapy treatment plan
A control circuit presents, via a user interface, linear energy transfer information that corresponds to optimizing an energy therapy treatment plan (such as a proton therapy treatment plan). Upon detecting certain user input, the control circuit can respond by accessing a precomputed influence matrix to provide corresponding accessed information and then present modified linear energy transfer information via the user interface as a function, at least in part, of that accessed information.
1 . A method comprising:
by a control circuit:
presenting, via a user interface, linear energy transfer information that corresponds to optimizing an energy therapy treatment plan;
detecting a user input via the user interface, to provide detected user input;
in response to the detected user input, accessing a precomputed influence matrix to provide accessed information;
presenting modified linear energy transfer information via the user interface as a function, at least in part, of the accessed information.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the energy therapy treatment plan comprises a proton therapy treatment plan.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein detecting the user input via the user interface comprises, at least in part, detecting cursor movement.
4 . The method of claim 1 wherein detecting the user input via the user interface comprises, at least in part, detecting user-based painting of a displayed patient portion.
5 . The method of claim 1 wherein detecting the user input via the user interface comprises, at least in part, detecting at least one spot-based modification.
6 . The method of claim 1 wherein the precomputed influence matrix comprises precomputed linear energy transfer contributions.
7 . The method of claim 6 wherein the precomputed linear energy transfer contributions comprise precomputed linear energy transfer contributions for each voxel.
8 . The method of claim 7 wherein the precomputed linear energy transfer contributions for each voxel comprise each spot's linear energy transfer contributions for each voxel.
9 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
completing optimization of the energy therapy treatment plan to provide an optimized energy therapy treatment plan.
10 . The method of claim 9 further comprising:
administering therapeutic energy to a patient as a function of the optimized energy therapy treatment plan.
11 . An apparatus comprising:
a memory having a precomputed influence matrix stored therein;
a user interface;
a control circuit operably coupled to the memory and the user interface and configured to:
present, via the user interface, linear energy transfer information that corresponds to optimizing an energy therapy treatment plan;
detect a user input via the user interface, to provide detected user input;
in response to the detected user input, accessing the precomputed influence matrix to provide accessed information;
present modified linear energy transfer information via the user interface as a function, at least in part, of the accessed information.
12 . The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the energy therapy treatment plan comprises a proton therapy treatment plan.
13 . The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the control circuit is configured to detect the user input via the user interface by, at least in part, detecting cursor movement.
14 . The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the control circuit is configured to detect the user input via the user interface by, at least in part, detecting user-based painting of a displayed patient portion.
15 . The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the control circuit is configured to detect the user input via the user interface by, at least in part, detecting at least one spot-based modification.
16 . The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the precomputed influence matrix comprises precomputed linear energy transfer contributions.
17 . The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the precomputed linear energy transfer contributions comprise precomputed linear energy transfer contributions for each voxel.
18 . The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the precomputed linear energy transfer contributions for each voxel comprise each spot's linear energy transfer contributions for each voxel.
19 . The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the control circuit is further configured to:
complete optimization of the energy therapy treatment plan to provide an optimized energy therapy treatment plan.
20 . The apparatus of claim 19 further comprising:
a radiation treatment platform configured to administer therapeutic energy to a patient as a function of the optimized energy therapy treatment plan.