Tumor tracking during radiation treatment using ultrasound imaging

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10702712
APP PUB NO 20150314138A1
SERIAL NO

14800473

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Systems and methods for tracking a target volume, e.g., tumor, in real-time during radiation treatment are provided. Under one aspect, a system includes an ultrasound probe, an x-ray imager, a processor, and a computer-readable medium that stores a 3D image of the tumor in a first reference frame and instructions for causing the processor to: instruct the x-ray imager and ultrasound probe to substantially simultaneously obtain inherently registered x-ray and set-up ultrasound images of the tumor in a second reference frame; establish a transformation between the first and second reference frames by registering the 3D image and the x-ray image; instruct the ultrasound probe to obtain an intrafraction ultrasound image of the tumor; registering the intrafraction ultrasound image with the set-up ultrasound image; and track target volume motion based on the registered intrafraction ultrasound image.

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MIDCAP FUNDING IV TRUST AS SUCCESSOR TO EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT7255 WOODMONT AVENUE SUITE 200 C/O MIDCAP FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC AS SERVICER BETHESDA MD 20814

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Jordan, Petr Redwood City, US 52 1294
Maurer, Calvin R San Jose, US 22 386
West, Jay Mountain View, US 7 403

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