IP Library Granted Patent US 12,734,373
Granted Patent B2
US 12,734,373 · App. 18/689,116 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Radiotherapy device comprising a positioning device, and positioning method

Inventor: Takaaki Fujii (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
A61N5/1049A61N5/10A61N5/1048A61N5/1081A61N2005/1056A61N2005/1061A61N2005/1074A61N2005/1087
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Patent No.
US 12,734,373
App. No.
18/689,116
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A positioning device, a radiotherapy device, and a positioning method enable accurate patient positioning while reducing calculation time. A plurality of X-ray fluoroscopic images are obtained by imaging a patient along each of a plurality of imaging axes in a direction different from a plurality of movement axes along which a treatment couch moves translationally. A plurality of simulated-X-ray fluoroscopic images are obtained by projecting the three-dimensional fluoroscopic image of the patient on each of the plurality of surfaces corresponding to each imaging axis. A similarity calculation unit calculates the similarity between each X-ray fluoroscopic image and each simulated-X-ray fluoroscopic image. Based on the similarity, an optimization calculation processing unit calculates the movement amount of the treatment couch such that each X-ray fluoroscopic image and each simulated-X-ray fluoroscopic image coincide most in each of the plurality of translation directions along each of the plurality of optimization axes.

Claims (21)

1 . A positioning device that controls a position of a treatment couch on which a subject is mounted, the positioning device comprising:

an image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of fluoroscopic images obtained by imaging the subject along each of a plurality of imaging axes in a direction different from a plurality of movement axes along which the treatment couch translationally moves;

a creation unit that creates a plurality of simulated fluoroscopic images obtained by projecting a three-dimensional fluoroscopic image of the subject onto each of a plurality of surfaces corresponding to each imaging axis of the plurality of imaging axes;

a calculation unit that calculates a similarity between each of the plurality of fluoroscopic images and each of the plurality of simulated fluoroscopic images; and

an optimization unit that calculates, based on the similarity, a movement amount of the treatment couch such that each fluoroscopic image and each simulated fluoroscopic image match most in each of a plurality of translation directions along each of a plurality of optimization axes including the plurality of imaging axes and a plurality of rotation directions around a plurality of rotation axes,

wherein each rotation axis of the plurality of rotation axes is identical to an optimization axis of the plurality of optimization axes.

2 . The positioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of imaging axes is substantially orthogonal to each other.

3 . The positioning device according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the plurality of imaging axes is two.

4 . The positioning device according to claim 3 , wherein a number of the plurality of movement axes is two or more, and

each imaging axis of the plurality of imaging axes is oriented in a direction along a plane formed by any two of the plurality of movement axes.

5 . The positioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the optimization unit further calculates the movement amount of the treatment couch such that a region of interest set on each simulated fluoroscopic image and a region on each fluoroscopic image corresponding to the region of interest match most.

6 . A radiotherapy device comprising:

the positioning device according to claim 1 ;

a treatment-couch control system that moves the treatment couch based on the movement amount calculated by the optimization unit; and

an irradiation device that irradiates the subject mounted on the moved treatment couch with radiation.

7 . A positioning method using a positioning device that controls a position of a treatment couch on which a subject is mounted, the positioning method comprising:

acquiring a plurality of fluoroscopic images obtained by imaging the subject along each of a plurality of imaging axes in a direction different from a plurality of movement axes along which the treatment couch translationally moves;

creating a plurality of simulated fluoroscopic images obtained by projecting a three-dimensional fluoroscopic image of the subject onto each of a plurality of surfaces corresponding to each imaging axis of the plurality of imaging axes;

calculating a similarity between each fluoroscopic image and each simulated fluoroscopic image; and

calculating, based on the similarity, a movement amount of the treatment couch such that each fluoroscopic image and each simulated fluoroscopic image coincide most in each of a plurality of translation directions along each of a plurality of optimization axes including the plurality of imaging axes and a plurality of rotation directions around a plurality of rotation axes,

wherein each rotation axis of the plurality of rotation axes is identical to an optimization axis of the plurality of optimization axes.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2024
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068078/0381 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2024
From: FUJII, TAKAAKI
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066646/0813 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-181771 · Nov 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240366963A1 · Nov 7, 2024
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