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7507975 System and method for high resolution radiation field shaping  
A system and method are provided for a high resolution radiation treatment system which provide for projecting a field of radiation energy at targeted patient tissue. The system uses a multi-leaf...
7508967 Radiation treatment planning using conformal avoidance  
A system and method of radiation planning. The system and method are configured to implement or include the steps of (a) obtaining an image of a patient encompassing tumorous and non-tumorous...
7505559 Determining a target-to-surface distance and using it for real time absorbed dose calculation and compensation  
An apparatus and method for determining a target-to-surface distance (TSD) between a target region in a body and an actual point of entry of a radiation beam into the body from a radiation source....
7502443 Radiation therapy machine with triple KV/MV imaging  
A triple imager arrangement is mounted onto a linear accelerator, providing pre- or post-treatment images of a patient, for verification and monitoring of patient position. Left and right...
7489764 Adjustable aperture collimator  
A collimator including an inner border whose inner perimeter defines an aperture, an outer border positioned outwards of the inner border, an enclosure being defined and bounded between the inner...
7486984 System and method for monochromatic x-ray beam therapy  
In embodiments of the invention, a radiosensitizer or other agent is relatively uniformly accumulated in the cells of a tumor. An external monochromatic x-ray beam, which is tuned to a...
7486983 Verification of radiation beam characteristics  
A system to acquire a first image of a radiation field, the radiation field produced by a radiation beam, and to determine a second image based on the first image and based on a reference image of...
7486775 Tissue irradiation device with at least one electron source and numerous radiation heads  
A device for irradiating tissue encompassing at least one electron source for generating an electron beam, numerous radiation heads that are firmly and annularly arranged in a supporting frame...
7482606 Apparatus and method for compensation of movements of a target volume during ion beam irradiation  
The invention relates to an apparatus and method for compensation of three-dimensional movements of a target volume ( 1 ) during ion beam irradiation. For the purpose, the apparatus comprises a...
7481758 Pharmaceutically enhanced low-energy radiosurgery  
Contrast agents developed specifically for x-ray diagnostics provide dose-enhanced radiotherapy and radiosurgery. The presence of heavy elements, for example, gold or iron, from these contrast...
7477722 Imaging geometry for image-guided radiosurgery  
A system and method for stereoscopically imaging a patient at multiple locations in a radiation treatment system with variable imaging geometry to enable the delivery of radiation treatments from...
7469035 Method to track three-dimensional target motion with a dynamical multi-leaf collimator  
A method of continuous real-time monitoring and positioning of multi-leaf collimators during on and off radiation exposure conditions of radiation therapy to account for target motion relative to a...
7466792 System for producing CT image data records and for irradiating a tumor patient  
A system includes exactly one rotary frame for holding at least one x-ray tube, and one radiation detector that is situated opposite, the x-ray tube being equipped with a diaphragm that can be...
7466797 Error control in algorithmic approach to step-and-shoot intensity modulated radiation therapy  
The present invention provides a method comprising the following steps: (a) partitioning an intensity modulated beam into a set of sub-IMBs; and (b) partitioning the sub-IMBs into segments, wherein...
7453076 Bi-polar treatment facility for treating target cells with both positive and negative ions  
A system for treating target cells with both positive and negative ions comprises a bi-polar beam delivery system configured to create and deliver both positive ion beams and negative ion beams....
7453983 Radiation therapy method with target detection  
A method for delivering radiation therapy to a patient using a three-dimensional planning image for radiation therapy of the patient wherein the planning image includes a radiation therapy target....
7453984 Real-time target confirmation for radiation therapy  
A method for radiation therapy with target recognition has a first target identification system for obtaining first target characteristics within a patient's body. A second target identification...
7453976 Computerized tomography image reconstruction  
Systems and methods include coordinated (KV) and megaelectronvolt (MV) computerized tomography (CT) imaging. KV and MV data are combined using a normalization process in order to generate CT...
7450687 Method for verification of intensity modulated radiation therapy  
An accurate method for inversely verifying a therapeutic radiation dose delivered to a patient via an x-ray delivery system without involving any computational iteration was developed. The usage of...
7440545 Positioning system and method for radiation therapy  
A positioning system for radiation therapy comprises a patient positioner drive unit for moving a patient positioner supporting a patient, a snout drive unit for rotating a snout including a...
7436928 Radiotherapy device control apparatus and radiation irradiation method  
A radiotherapy device control apparatus includes: a template matching section; an affected area position calculating section; and an irradiation position control section. The radiotherapy device...
7418078 Spot-size effect reduction  
A radiographic imaging device includes an X-ray source having a finite focal spot characterized by a determined intensity distribution. The X-ray source emits a beam of X-ray radiation toward an...
7418079 System for the real-time detection of targets for radiation therapy  
A method and apparatus for delivering therapeutic radiation ( 112 ) to a radiotherapy target ( 119 ) in a patient ( 114 ) includes a diagnostic X-ray source ( 124, 125 ) connected to a treatment...
7418080 Support and radiation therapy system  
A support and radiation therapy system is provided. The support includes an elongated support arm that is longitudinally adjustable. A first arm is rotatable in the support arm about a first axis...
7415095 System and method utilizing adaptive radiation therapy framework  
Use of an adaptive radiation therapy framework includes determination of a radiation beam size, radiation beam shape, and radiation beam position for delivering at least a portion of a prescribed...
7412029 Treatment planning, simulation, and verification system  
A treatment planning, simulation, and verification system is described. According to one embodiment, a treatment plan and a fluoroscopy data image of a treatment volume are received and the...
7412086 Setting a relative position of a radiation device and a patient  
A method and arrangement for setting a relative position of a radiation device and a patient. The invention relates to the use of radiation therapy for the targeted, selective destruction of tumors.
7409040 System and method for noninvasive diagnostic imaging, detection, and identification of substances by microwave/RF modulation of x-rays and applications in treatment of diseases characterized by the presence of pathological macromolecules or by the need for regeneration of normal tissue  
A modulated x-ray system and method provide various applications to increase medical diagnoses and treatment as well as non-medical scenarios. At low energy levels, it is used as a sophisticated...
7404672 Method for supporting a minimally invasive intervention on an organ  
A method for supporting a minimally invasive intervention on an organ makes use of the fact that modern X-ray angiography systems provide three-dimensional information about organs, on the basis of...
7405407 Ion beam therapy system and its couch positioning method  
A therapy system using an ion beam, which can shorten the time required for positioning a couch (patient). The therapy system using the ion beam comprises a rotating gantry provided with an ion...
7402822 Particle beam nozzle transport system  
An improved particle beam treatment system optionally includes exchangeable particle beam nozzles. These particle beam nozzles may be automatically moved from a storage location to a particle beam...
7402824 Particle beam nozzle  
An improved particle beam treatment system optionally includes exchangeable particle beam nozzles. These particle beam nozzles may be automatically moved from a storage location to a particle beam...
7402823 Particle beam system including exchangeable particle beam nozzle  
An improved particle beam treatment system optionally includes exchangeable particle beam nozzles. These particle beam nozzles may be automatically moved from a storage location to a particle beam...
7402819 Respiration phantom for quality assurance  
A respiration phantom that may be used to perform quality assurance on a radiation delivery system. The respiration phantom includes a human-like skeletal structure, at least one deformable...
7400434 Radiation modulator  
A radiation beam modulator ( 1; 500; 600 ) that can be employed for modulating a radiation beam ( 60 ) in a radiation system. The modulator ( 1; 500; 600 ) comprises a bath ( 590; 690 ) containing...
7391026 Preparation of a selection of control variables for a dose distribution to be adjusted in a technical appliance  
The invention relates to a planning tool for the interactive selection of control variables (x 1 , y 7 , α 1 , α 2 , α 3 , I 1 , I 2 ) of a radiation therapy plan from a database ( 1 )...
7381979 Rotating irradiation apparatus  
A rotating irradiation apparatus includes a rotating gantry 3 including a front ring 19 and a rear ring 20 and is provided with a beam delivery device 11 and an irradiation device 4. The...
7382857 X-ray catheter assembly  
An apparatus for applying x-rays to an interior surface of a body cavity includes a catheter assembly, and one or more flexible probe assemblies. An x-ray generator assembly, including an optically...
7379531 Beam therapy treatment user interface monitoring and recording system  
A system uses a digital photographic camera attached to a radiation therapy device to create an overlay of radiation beam information comprising data identifying treated patient anatomical region...
7378672 Particle beam therapeutic apparatus  
A particle beam therapeutic apparatus can ensure the uniformity of dose distribution by overlapping the desired loci of the irradiation of a particle beam a reduced number of times. A flow of a...
7372940 Radiation therapy system with risk mitigation  
An X-ray therapy system with equipment for reducing risk that the radiation applied to a patient is other than what is intended. A radiation check is made in which a signal indicative of the...
7371007 Method for pre treatment verification in radiation therapy  
Dose distribution is measured in a patient-shaped phantom with high accuracy for radiation therapy treatment verification. A detector configuration in such a phantom and improvements in measurement...
7369645 Information theoretic inverse planning technique for radiation treatment  
A method for fast inverse planning of IMRT treatment plans is disclosed. The method relies on a computationally efficient algorithm for evaluating the gradient of a general class of objective...
7368740 Configuration management and retrieval system for proton beam therapy system  
In a complex, multi-processor software controlled system, such as proton beam therapy system (PBTS), it may be important to provide treatment configurable parameters that are easily modified by an...
7362848 Method for automatic anatomy-specific treatment planning protocols based on historical integration of previously accepted plans  
A method of automatically optimizing an inverse treatment plan by referencing data from accepted plan libraries.
7356120 Integrated quality assurance for in image guided radiation treatment delivery system  
A method and apparatus for quality assurance of an image guided radiation treatment delivery system. A quality assurance (“QA”) marker is positioned at a preset position under guidance of an...
7356112 Computed tomography scanning  
Artifacts in the reconstructed volume data of cone beam CT systems can be removed by the application of respiration correlation techniques to the acquired projection images. To achieve this, the...
7349523 Radiation isocenter measurement devices and methods and 3-D radiation isocenter visualization systems and related methods  
A three-dimensional phantom assembly for use with a radiation treatment device includes a three-dimensional support member having at least two, spaced apart opposed surfaces configured to hold at...
7349522 Dynamic radiation therapy simulation system  
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...
7345291 Device for irradiation therapy with charged particles  
The present invention is related to a device for irradiating a patient with a charged particle beam, comprising a number of beam channels attached to a vertical wall, wherein a deflection magnet is...
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