Manipulation of a respiratory model via adjustment of parameters associated with model images

Abstract

A method and apparatus for manipulation of a respiratory model via adjustment of parameters associated with model images is described. The method includes identifying one of more images of a plurality of images that are used with a previously generated model associated with a position and motion of a targeted region of a patient to receive radiation treatment. The method also includes generating, by a processing device, a new model to be associated with the position and motion of the targeted region based on a selection that is associated with one of the one or more images of the plurality of images, wherein the new model is a relationship between a series of internal features and external marker positions. The method further includes delivering radiation to the targeted region based on the new model.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 identifying one of more images of a plurality of images that are used with a previously generated model associated with a position and motion of a targeted region of a patient to receive radiation treatment;   generating, by a processing device, a new model to be associated with the position and motion of the targeted region based on a selection that is associated with one of the one or more images of the plurality of images, wherein the new model is a relationship between a series of internal features and external marker positions; and   delivering radiation to the targeted region based on the new model.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising sorting the one or more images of the plurality of images. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one of the one or more images of the plurality images is at an intermediate position in a respiratory order. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising receiving the selection associated with one or more images of the plurality of images. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the sorting of the one or more images of the plurality of images is based on a respiratory order associated with the patient, and wherein the selection corresponds to a removal of one image from being used with the new model that is associated with the position and motion of the targeted region, wherein the generation of the new model is not based on the removed one image. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the selection corresponds to a removal of one or more images from being used with the new model that is associated with the position and motion of the targeted region, wherein the generation of the new model is not based on the removed one or more images. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the selection corresponds to a changing of a correlation output parameter threshold of a target tracking process associated with the new model. 
     
     
         8 . A system comprising:
 a memory to store a new model; and   a processing device operatively coupled with the memory to:
 identify one of more images of a plurality of images that are used with a previously generated model associated with a position and motion of a targeted region of a patient to receive radiation treatment; 
 generate the new model to be associated with the position and motion of the targeted region based on a selection that is associated with one of the one or more images of the plurality of images, wherein the new model is a relationship between a series of internal features and external marker positions; and 
 deliver radiation to the targeted region based on the new model. 
   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the processing device further to sort the one or more images of the plurality of images. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the one of the one or more images of the plurality images is at an intermediate position in a respiratory order. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the sorting of the one or more images of the plurality of images is based on a respiratory order associated with the patient, and wherein the selection corresponds to a removal of one image from being used with the new model that is associated with the position and motion of the targeted region, wherein the generation of the new model is not based on the removed one image. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the selection corresponds to a changing of a correlation output parameter threshold of a target tracking process associated with the new model. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the selection corresponds to a removal of one or more images from being used with the new model that is associated with the position and motion of the targeted region, wherein the generation of the new model is not based on the removed one or more images. 
     
     
         14 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:
 identify one of more images of a plurality of images that are used with a previously generated model associated with a position and motion of a targeted region of a patient to receive radiation treatment;   generate, by the processing device, a new model to be associated with the position and motion of the targeted region based on a selection that is associated with one of the one or more images of the plurality of images, wherein the new model is a relationship between a series of internal features and external marker positions; and   deliver radiation to the targeted region based on the new model.   
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the processing device further to sort the one or more images of the plurality of images. 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the one of the one or more images of the plurality images is at an intermediate position in a respiratory order. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the processing device is further to receive the selection associated with one or more images of the plurality of images. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the sort of the one or more images of the plurality of images is based on a respiratory order associated with the patient, and wherein the selection corresponds to a removal of one image from being used with the new model that is associated with the position and motion of the targeted region, wherein the generation of the new model is not based on the removed one image. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the selection corresponds to a changing of a correlation output parameter threshold of a target tracking process associated with the new model. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 14 , wherein the selection corresponds to a removal of one or more images from being used with the new model that is associated with the position and motion of the targeted region, wherein the generation of the new model is not based on the removed one or more images.