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An apparatus and method for performing treatment on an internal target region while compensating for breathing and other motion of the patient is provided in which the apparatus comprises a first imaging device for periodically generating positional data about the internal target region and a second

An apparatus and method for performing treatment on an internal target region while compensating for breathing and other motion of the patient is provided in which the apparatus comprises a first imaging device for periodically generating positional data about the internal target region and a second imaging device for continuously generating positional data about one or more external markers attached to the patient's body or any external sensor such as a device for measuring air flow. The apparatus further comprises a processor that receives the positional data about the internal target region and the external markers in order to generate a correspondence between the position of the internal target region and the external markers and a treatment device that directs the treatment towards the position of the target region of the patient based on the positional data of the external markers.

대표청구항 ▼

1. A method for compensating for breathing and other motions of the patient during treatment, the method comprising:generating images of the target region prior to the treatment; periodically generating positional data about the internal target region; continuously generating positional data about e

1. A method for compensating for breathing and other motions of the patient during treatment, the method comprising:generating images of the target region prior to the treatment; periodically generating positional data about the internal target region; continuously generating positional data about external motion of the patient's body using one or more external sensors; generating a correspondence between the position of the internal target region and the external sensors so that the treatment is directed towards the position of the target region of the patient based on the positional data of the external sensors and the target region's position is subsequently matched to the position of the target region in the preoperative images; and predicting the position of the target region at some predetermined later time based on the generated correspondence of the internal target region and the external sensors.