Abstract: A method and apparatus for localizing and treating a patient's prostate by radiation therapy. The system includes an ultrasound probe for generating an ultrasound image of the prostate with the probe having at least two fiducial end points as landmarks. In addition, the system includes a CT apparatus to generate X-ray simulator images of the anatomical region near the prostate and further includes a computer executing computer software to transform the ultrasound image to the simulator image enabling accurate localization of the prostate relative to proximate anatomical features enabling accurate radiation therapy to be carried out on the prostate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 9, 1998
Date of Patent:
March 27, 2001
Assignee:
Associates of the Joint Center for Radiation Therapy,
Inc.
Inventors:
Edward I. Holupka, Irving D. Kaplan, Everette C. Burdette
Abstract: A method and apparatus for localizing and treating a patient's prostate by radiation therapy. The system includes an ultrasound probe for generating an ultrasound image of the prostate with the probe having at least two fiducial end points as landmarks. In addition, the system includes a CT apparatus to generate X-ray simulator images of the anatomical region near the prostate and further includes a computer executing computer software to transform the ultrasound image to the simulator image enabling accurate localization of the prostate relative to proximate anatomical features enabling accurate radiation therapy to be carried out on the prostate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 26, 1995
Date of Patent:
September 22, 1998
Assignee:
Associates of the Joint Center for Radiation Therapy, Inc.
Inventors:
Edward J. Holupka, Irving D. Kaplan, Everette C. Burdette