Radiotherapy apparatus and radiotherapy method
A radiotherapy apparatus includes an receiver receiving a first projection image of a calibration object under X-ray imaging; a storing portion storing an ideal projection image of the calibration object, the ideal projection image generated based on design information of an X-ray imaging structure, positional information of the calibration object, and volume data of the calibration object; a calculator calculating a transformation parameter for transforming the first projection image into an ideal projection image; a transformed image generator generating a transformed projection image of the patient by transforming a second projection image of a patient obtained under X-ray imaging with the transformation parameter; a reconstructed image generator generating a reconstructed projection image based on volume data of the patient, positional information of the patient, and the design information; and a matching image generator generating a matching reference image used for matching between the transformed projection image and the reconstructed projection image.
1. A radiotherapy apparatus comprising:
a first receiver configured to receive a first projection image of a calibration object loaded on a bed which has been moved to an irradiation region of a therapeutic beam of treating a patient, the first projection image being obtained under X-ray imaging;
a storing portion configured to store an ideal projection image of the calibration object, the ideal projection image generated based on design information of an X-ray imaging structure which performs the X-ray imaging, positional information of the calibration object in the irradiation region, and volume data of the calibration object;
a calculator configured to calculate at least one transformation parameter by which the first projection image is transformed into the ideal projection image;
a second receiver configured to receive a second projection image obtained by performing the X-ray imaging on the patient lying on the bed which has been moved to the irradiation region;
a transformed image generator configured to generate at least one transformed projection image of the patient which is a resultant image of transforming the second projection image based on the at least one transformation parameter;
a reconstructed image generator configured to generate a reconstructed projection image based on volume data obtained by three-dimensionally imaging inside of a body of the patient, positional information of the patient in the irradiation region, and the design information; and
a matching image generator configured to generate a matching reference image by which matching processing between the transformed projection image and the reconstructed projection image is performed.
2. The radiotherapy apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one transformation parameter comprises plural transformation parameters;
the plural transformation parameters are indicated by a matrix including scalar components; and
the transformed image generator is configured to generate plural transformed projection images by using the plural transformation parameters which are different in scalar component value from each other.
3. The radiotherapy apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a beam irradiator configured to radiate the therapeutic beam when the transformed projection image and the reconstructed projection image match each other in the matching processing based on the matching reference image.
4. A radiotherapy method comprising:
receiving a first projection image of a calibration object loaded on a bed which has been moved to an irradiation region of a therapeutic beam of treating a patient, the first projection image being obtained under X-ray imaging;
storing an ideal projection image of the calibration object, the ideal projection image generated based on design information of an X-ray imaging structure which performs the X-ray imaging, positional information of the calibration object in the irradiation region, and volume data of the calibration object;
calculating a transformation parameter by which the first projection image is transformed into the ideal projection image;
receiving a second projection image obtained by performing the X-ray imaging on the patient lying on the bed which has been moved to the irradiation region;
generating a transformed projection image of the patient which is a resultant image of transforming the second projection image based on the transformation parameter;
generating a reconstructed projection image based on the design information, positional information of the patient in the irradiation region, and volume data obtained by three-dimensionally imaging inside of a body of the patient; and
generating a matching reference image by which matching processing between the transformed projection image and the reconstructed projection image is performed.