Treatment Planning and Delivery Using Temperature Uncertainty Maps

摘要

A method and programmable computer system calculates and displays the regions where the temperature can be reliably measured in a thermal therapy procedure. The clinician or automated control system then can make an informed decision to treat these regions or plan a treatment to avoid them based on the sensitivity of surrounding structures to unintended heating.

主权项

1. A method for delivering thermal therapy to a target volume within a patient, comprising:
collecting and storing data corresponding to a plurality of phase images using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device; calculating a temperature uncertainty map in a region of said target volume; and delivering a thermal therapy dose to said target volume determined at least in part by said temperature uncertainty map.