Systems and methods for pulse parameter modulation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12097388-B2
Application number	US-202218047259-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2022
Priority date	Aug 30, 2017
Publication date	Sep 24, 2024
Grant date	Sep 24, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for pulse parameter modulation. The systems may perform the methods to obtain information related to a treatment plan; determine a backward window based on the information related to the treatment plan, within which one or more radiation pulses have been transmitted; determine backward information associated with the backward window based on the information related to the treatment plan and the backward window; determine a forward window based on the information related to the treatment plan, within which one or more radiation pulses are to be transmitted; determine forward information associated with the forward window based on the information related to the treatment plan, the backward information, and the forward window; and determine one or more pulse parameters of the forward window based on the forward information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
one or more storage media comprising a set of instructions for modulating one or more pulse parameters; and
one or more processors configured to communicate with the one or more storage media, wherein when executing the set of instructions, the one or more processors are directed to cause the system to perform operations including:
obtaining information related to a treatment plan;
determining backward information of a backward window based on the information related to the treatment plan, one or more first radiation pulses having been transmitted within the backward window;
obtaining, based on the information related to the treatment plan, a forward window within which one or more second radiation pulses are to be transmitted;
determining forward information of the forward window based on the information related to the treatment plan, the backward information, and the forward window, the forward information including at least one of a first forward interval of the forward window, a first forward radiation output of the forward window, or a first forward number of pulses of the forward window;
determining a mode corresponding to the forward information, the mode indicating whether to modify at least one of the first forward interval of the forward window, the first forward radiation output of the forward window, or the first forward number of pulses of the forward window included in the forward information;
wherein determining the mode corresponding to the forward information includes:
determining whether the first forward interval is less than a first threshold;
in response to determining that the first forward interval is less than the first threshold, performing a first mode in which no modification is performed on the forward information; or
in response to determining that the first forward interval is greater than or equal to the first threshold, determining whether the first forward radiation output is greater than a second threshold;

determining one or more pulse parameters of the forward window based on the forward information; and
controlling a radiation device to transmit the one or more second radiation pulses within the forward window based on the one or more pulse parameters.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information related to the treatment plan includes at least one of
a total time of a treatment,
a total radiation during the total time of the treatment,
one or more control time points within the total time of the treatment,
a radiation output rate associated with each of the one or more control time points within the total time of the treatment,
a radiation output per pulse,
a cumulative radiation associated with each of the one or more control time points within the total time of the treatment, or
an interval between each two neighboring control time points within the total time of the treatment.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the backward information includes at least one of
a backward total radiation of the backward window,
a backward cumulative radiation output of the backward window,
a backward interval of the backward window,
a backward number of pulses in the backward window, or
a backward radiation output per pulse of the backward window.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining the mode corresponding to the forward information further includes:
in response to determining that the first forward radiation output is greater than the second threshold, performing a second mode in which a second forward radiation output is determined by modifying, based on the second threshold, the first forward radiation output;
determining a second forward interval based on the second forward radiation output and the information related to the treatment plan; and
determining a second forward number of pulses based on the second forward radiation output and the backward radiation output per pulse.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining the mode corresponding to the forward information further includes:
in response to determining that the first forward radiation output is less than or equal to the second threshold, determining whether the first forward number of pulses is less than a third threshold;
in response to determining that the first forward number of pulses is less than the third threshold,
performing a third mode in which a third forward number of pulses is determined by modifying, based on the third threshold, the first forward number of pulses; and
determining a third forward interval based on the third forward number of pulses and the information related to the treatment plan; or

in response to determining that the first forward number of pulses is not less than the third threshold, performing the first mode in which no modification is performed on the forward information.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more pulse parameters of the forward window includes at least one of pulse energy, a pulse period, a pulse duty cycle, a pulse shape, or a pulse amplitude.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein determining the one or more pulse parameters of the forward window includes:
determining the pulse period of the forward window based on the first forward interval and the first forward number of pulses.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein determining the one or more pulse parameters of the forward window further includes:
determining whether the pulse period is less than a fourth threshold; and
determining a modified pulse period based on the fourth threshold in response to determining that the pulse period is less than the fourth threshold.

9. A method implemented on a computing device having one or more processors and one or more storage devices, the method comprising:
obtaining information related to a treatment plan;
determining backward information of a backward window based on the information related to the treatment plan, one or more first radiation pulses having been transmitted within the backward window;
obtaining, based on the information related to the treatment plan, a forward window within which one or more second radiation pulses are to be transmitted;
determining forward information of the forward window based on the information related to the treatment plan, the backward information, and the forward window, the forward information including at least one of a first forward interval of the forward window, a first forward radiation output of the forward window, or a first forward number of pulses of the forward window;
determining a mode corresponding to the forward information, the mode indicating whether to modify at least one of the first forward interval of the forward window, the first forward radiation output of the forward window, or the first forward number of pulses of the forward window included in the forward information;
wherein determining the mode corresponding to the forward information includes:
determining whether the first forward interval is less than a first threshold;
in response to determining that the first forward interval is less than the first threshold, performing a first mode in which no modification is performed on the forward information; or
in response to determining that the first forward interval is greater than or equal to the first threshold, determining whether the first forward radiation output is greater than a second threshold;

determining one or more pulse parameters of the forward window based on the forward information; and
controlling a radiation device to transmit the one or more second radiation pulses within the forward window based on the one or more pulse parameters.

10. The method of claim 9 , whe

Assignees

• Uih America Inc

Inventors

• Stahl Johannes
• Maltz Jonathan

Classifications

• G16H40/63

  for local operation · CPC title

• G16H30/20

  for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS · CPC title

• G16H20/40

  relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture · CPC title

• A61N5/1048 Primary

  Monitoring, verifying, controlling systems and methods · CPC title

• A61N5/103 Primary

  Treatment planning systems · CPC title