A system for dynamic treatment simulation for radiotherapy. Software is
implemented on a computer system to perform dynamic simulation by
displaying every segment of dynamic treatment beams on top of real-time
fluoroscopic image sequences. Automated distortion correction of the
fluoroscopic image due to the image intensifier is performed in
real-time. A respiration phase indicator measures changes in
circumference of the patient's chest through the movement of a
radio-opaque marker that appears directly in the fluoroscopic images of
the patient.