A system, tracker, program product, and methods to facilitate and verify
proper target alignment for radiation delivery are provided. The system
includes a radiation delivery apparatus having a radiation emitter, a
rotating assembly controlled by a controller, and an application computer
which provides treatment delivery instructions to the controller. The
system also includes a trackable body having a trackable body reference
point to be positioned adjacent a surface point of a patient to determine
a position of such surface point. The system also includes an apparatus
to track a trackable body which has a trackable body detector to detect a
position of indicators carried by the trackable body and a trackable body
determiner to determine a position of the trackable body reference point.
The system also includes a target alignment analyzing computer having
memory and target alignment analyzing program product stored therein to
aid a user of the system to make and display various patient body-surface
related measurements.