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7346144 In vivo planning and treatment of cancer therapy  
A system and method for delivering radiation to an object. A computer tomography machine generates CT data of the object. A radiation source with an output beam is directed to a predetermined...
7343030 Dynamic tumor treatment system  
A workstation imports medical images that depict a tumor and provides tools that enable a physician to see the results of prior therapies, plan future therapies, predict the outcome of future...
7342996 X-ray means for determining the location of malignant neoplasm and its radiotherapy  
The invention relates to a method of radiotherapy of a malignant neoplasm, defining a location of a malignant neoplasm, and a device for implementation the method, consisting in elimination of the...
7343189 Method and device for placing a patient repeatedly into the same relative position  
The invention relates to a method for repositioning a patient in a diagnostic/therapeutic system, as well as to such a system, wherein a repeated, accurate repositioning is achieved by producing...
7338487 Device for delivering localized x-ray radiation and method of manufacture  
Generally, the present invention provides a device for insertion into a body of a subject being treated to deliver localized x-ray radiation, and a method for fabricating such a device. The device...
7333591 Method for the planning and delivery of radiation therapy  
A new optimization method for generating treatment plans for radiation oncology is described and claimed. This new method works for intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), intensity modulated...
7331713 Method and device for delivering radiotherapy  
A device 10 for aligning a patient for delivering a plurality of radiation beams comprising a patient support surface 12 , a coarse alignment subsystem 14 connected to the patient support...
7324626 Volumetric imaging on a radiotherapy apparatus  
Volumetric imaging on a radiotherapy apparatus, wherein a body, of which a volumetric image data set is to be produced, is positioned on a couch of the radiotherapy apparatus, and the couch or a...
7313222 Method at a radiation therapy system  
Calibration of a radiation therapy system comprising a radiation unit with a fixed focus point, a fixation unit for fixing a treatment volume in a patient, and a positioning system. The positioning...
7312461 Laparoscopic tumor therapy using high energy electron irradiation  
A laparoscopic tumor therapy method and an articulated electron beam transport system are provided for use with a high power, long focus electron source for tumor therapy. The high power, long...
7305064 Methods for assisting recovery of damaged brain and spinal cord using arrays of X-Ray microplanar beams  
A method of assisting recovery of an injury site of brain or spinal cord injury includes providing a therapeutic dose of X-ray radiation to the injury site through an array of parallel microplanar...
7302038 Correction of patient rotation errors in radiotherapy using couch translation  
Compensation for patient rotation between planning and treatment in a radiation therapy machine is provided by angled translation of a table surface on which the patient is supported without actual...
7302037 Rotating gamma system visual inspection camera  
A method and system of visual inspection for use with a gamma system includes a monitoring device connected within a housing proximate to a mechanical indicator of the rotating gamma system for...
7298821 Imaging and treatment system  
An imaging device including a rotator having a hollow bore for a patient to move therein and thereout, the rotator being rotatable about a longitudinal axis, at least one linkage arm extending...
7298819 Flexible treatment planning  
A flexible treatment planning system configured to enable the user to utilize both forward planning and inverse planning techniques is described.
7298820 Portal imaging using modulated treatment beam  
A radiation therapy system produces a treatment beam that is detected by an electronic portal imaging device (EPID) after it passes through the subject being treated. A chopper wheel modulates low...
7295648 Method and apparatus for treatment by ionizing radiation  
A radiation therapy/surgery device optimised to meet the needs of the Neurosurgeon is provided, i.e. one for the treatment of tumours in the brain. It combines the qualities of a good penumbra and...
7295649 Radiation therapy system and method of using the same  
A method of using a radiation system having a multileaf collimator (“MLC”) to adjust for unevenness in the radiation emitted by the system is disclosed. By appropriately controlling the MLC in...
7289599 Radiation process and apparatus  
A radiation apparatus ( 10 ) includes a beam source ( 12 ) generating radiation beam toward a target ( 11 ). A projection detector ( 17 ) detects the images of the target ( 11 ) formed by the...
7283610 Enhanced micro-radiation therapy and a method of micro-irradiating biological systems  
A micro-radiation therapy apparatus includes an isotope-based micro-radiotherapy brachytherapy small animal irradiator useful for radiating a biological system, the irradiator having an external...
7283611 Segmentation algorithmic approach to step-and-shoot intensity modulated radiation therapy  
The present invention provides a method comprising recursively partitioning an intensity modulated beam into plateaus; and partitioning the plateaus into segments. The present invention also...
7280633 Path planning and collision avoidance for movement of instruments in a radiation therapy environment  
A patient positioning system for use with a radiation therapy system that monitors the location of fixed and movable components and pre-plans movement of the movable components so as to inhibit...
7266176 Workspace optimization for radiation treatment delivery system  
An apparatus and method for optimizing a workspace of a radiation treatment delivery system. An optimized treatment plan is generated for delivering a dose of radiation to a volume of interest...
7266175 Planning method for radiation therapy  
Method and apparatus for controlling the correlation between the factors of treatment plan efficiency and dosimetric fitness to optimize the radiation therapy, or radiotherapy plan, include...
7257191 Medical examination and treatment system  
A medical examination and treatment system comprises a radiation source that emits particle radiation, an X-ray emitter located on one side of a target volume and diametrically opposite to the...
7257196 Radiotherapeutic apparatus  
A radiotherapeutic apparatus employs a collimator ( 52 ) set below a radiation source ( 50 ) and is adapted to move along an arc ( 54 ) substantially centered on the radiation source ( 50 ). As it...
7252434 Radiation therapy machine calibration apparatus providing multiple angle measurements  
A phantom for rotational radiation therapy machines allows beam fluence and energy to be measured at a variety of beam angles without intervening adjustment of the phantom. The phantom in the...
7245698 4-dimensional digital tomosynthesis and its applications in radiation therapy  
A 4-dimensional digital tomosynthesis system includes an x-ray source, an x-ray detector and a processor. The x-ray source is suitable for emitting x-ray beams to an object with a periodic motion....
7242742 Megavoltage imaging system  
Some embodiments include a particle source, an RF power source, an accelerator waveguide, and an imaging device. The particle source is to generate a first injector current and a second injector...
7242750 Radiotherapy apparatus  
A radiotherapy apparatus comprising a radiation source configured to radiate a radiation ray, a multi leaf collimator, including a plurality of leaves, configured to limit a radiation range of the...
7239684 Radiotherapy apparatus monitoring therapeutic field in real-time during treatment  
A radiotherapy apparatus includes an irradiation head section, an X-ray source section and a sensor array section. The irradiation head section irradiates therapeutic radiation to a therapeutic...
7239908 Assessing the condition of a joint and devising treatment  
Methods are disclosed for assessing the condition of a cartilage in a joint, particularly a human knee. The methods include converting an image such as an MRI to a three dimensional map of the...
7233004 X-ray examination apparatus including a dosimeter  
The invention relates to an arrangement which includes a radiation source ( 1 ) and a radiation sensor device ( 3 ) for forming image signals (Bn), the radiation sensor device ( 3 ) being...
7231015 Device for radiation therapy  
Device, related to the means for radiation therapy of malignant and benign neoplasms and certain other diseases, comprise hollow probe 5 , source 1 of neutral particle radiation in the form of...
7227925 Gantry mounted stereoscopic imaging system  
A radiation therapy treatment machine that has a stereoscopic imaging system, which includes a rotatable open gantry on which is placed a first diagnostic radiation source, a first diagnostic...
7221733 Method and apparatus for irradiating a target  
An apparatus ( 10 ) for irradiating a target includes a radiation source ( 12 ) for generating a radiation beam and a multiple leaf beam adjuster ( 16 ) for collimating and adjusting the shape of...
7217235 Solid state brachytherapy applicator  
The invention relates to a solid state brachytherapy applicator for performing radiation therapy treatment in an animal body, said applicator at least comprising an X-ray emitting surface composed...
7212609 Patient positioning device and patient positioning method  
The invention is intended to always ensure a sufficient level of patient positioning accuracy regardless of the skills of individual operators. In a patient positioning device for positioning a...
7204640 Apparatus and method for registering 2D radiographic images with images reconstructed from 3D scan data  
A method and system is provided for registering a 2D radiographic image of a target with previously generated 3D scan data of the target. A reconstructed 2D image is generated from the 3D scan...
7206377 Predictive organ dynamics database and code  
A method of treating a region of interest with radiation by taking a three-dimensional image volume of a region of interest of a patient, defining the three-dimensional image volume, determining...
7200202 Linear accelerator with x-ray imaging elements mounted on rotating support  
A system according to some embodiments may include a treatment head to emit treatment radiation, a gantry coupled to the treatment head, an x-ray tube to emit imaging radiation, an imaging device...
7200203 Devices and methods for targeting interior cancers with ionizing radiation  
Devices and related methods are provided for irradiating a portion of a body. A device according to one embodiment can include a radiation needle, a fluorescent target, and an x-ray transmitting...
7199382 Patient alignment system with external measurement and object coordination for radiation therapy system  
A patient alignment system for a radiation therapy system. The alignment system includes multiple external measurement devices which obtain position measurements of components of the radiation...
7194063 Methods for implementing microbeam radiation therapy  
A method of performing radiation therapy includes delivering a therapeutic dose such as X-ray only to a target (e.g., tumor) with continuous broad beam (or in-effect continuous) using arrays of...
7191100 Method and system for predictive physiological gating of radiation therapy  
A method and system for physiological gating for radiation therapy is disclosed. A method and system for detecting and predictably estimating regular cycles of physiological activity or movements...
7180980 Method for intensity modulated radiation treatment using independent collimator jaws  
The present invention is a method for treatment planning and delivery of the radiation treatment plan for the intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment using linear accelerators...
7173265 Modular patient support system  
A radiation treatment system ( 100 ) for accurately delivering radiation to a targeted site within a cancer patient ( 108 ) that includes a modular patient support system and a patient positioner (...
7167540 Device for irradiating tissue  
The invention relates to a device ( 1 ) for irradiating tissue, especially tumors. The device comprises one radiation source ( 2 ) (accelerator), the primary radiation ( 6 ) thereof leading to at...
7154991 Patient positioning assembly for therapeutic radiation system  
A patient positioning assembly for therapeutic radiation treatment includes a support device for supporting the patient during treatment, and a controller for controlling the motion of the support...
7142634 Radiation field detection  
A radiation field detection system, for use with a radiating device, includes a radiation detector configured to receive radiation and to provide radiation strength indicia of amounts of radiation...
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