US Patent Issued to Canon on July 28 for "Treatment planning apparatus, radiation treatment apparatus, and treatment planning method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,301, issued on July 28, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Treatment planning apparatus, radiation treatment apparatus, and treatment planning method" was invented by Jinichi Sugeno (Nasushiobara, Japan) and Masanori Koyama (Nasushiobara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treatment planning apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to extract a tumor region rendered in a medical image. The processing circuitry is configured to extract a low oxygen region in the tumor region. The processing circuitry is configured to make a treatment plan for the tumor region, whi...