A wireless treatment target positioning system for therapeutic radiation
treatment includes a patient positioning system and a treatment target
locating system. The treatment target locating system includes a room
beam coordinate system and a localizing system. The room beam coordinate
system includes devices for generating laser beams intersecting at a
single point that is spatially coincident with an iso-center of the
treatment system. The localizing system includes a movable reference
object and a localizer for detecting and determining the position of the
movable reference object. A method of positioning a treatment target to
the iso-center of the treatment system includes a simulation process and
real treatment positioning process. The simulation process includes
positioning the treatment target to an iso-center of a simulation system
and marking intersection points where laser beams intersect with an
exterior of the patient's body. The real treatment positioning process
includes determining the position of the intersection points marked on
the exterior of the patient body, determining a treatment position for
positioning the patient such that the treatment target is aligned with
the iso-center of the real treatment system, and positioning the patient
to the treatment position.