US Patent Issued to Elekta on May 12 for "Dynamic adaptation of radiotherapy treatment plans" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,092, issued on May 12, was assigned to Elekta LTD. (Montreal).

"Dynamic adaptation of radiotherapy treatment plans" was invented by Martin Emile Lachaine (Montreal) and Tony Falco (La Prairie, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reference radiotherapy treatment plan having a plurality of control points, such as a sequence of gantry angles, aperture leaf positions, and intensity weights, can be adapted during the radiotherapy treatment session. Treatment imaging data of a patient may be obtained during the radiotherapy treatment session and one or more parameters may be determined using the treatment imaging data. Then, a current r...