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8165660 |
System and method for selecting a guidance mode for performing a percutaneous procedure
A system for planning a percutaneous procedure provides a patient 3-dimensional image data set within which an instrument trajectory is defined, for example, by selecting a skin entry point and a...
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8160205 |
Robotic arm for patient positioning assembly
A robotic patient positioning assembly including a patient treatment couch, and a robotic arm coupled to the patient treatment couch. The robotic arm is configured to move the patient treatment...
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8144832 |
X-ray tomography method and apparatus used in conjunction with a charged particle cancer therapy system
The invention comprises an X-ray tomography method and apparatus used in conjunction with multi-axis charged particle or proton beam radiation therapy of cancerous tumors. In various embodiments,...
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8066102 |
Lifting apparatus and safety inspection system
A lifting apparatus includes a vertical guide device, a turntable device which is movable along the vertical guide device upwards or downwards, and a first driving device which drives the turntable...
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8027715 |
Non-linear correlation models for internal target movement
A method and apparatus to track non-linear internal target movement based on movement of an external marker.
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8018456 |
Smooth gray-level based surface interpolation for an isotropic data sets
A method of determining a distance of a source point to a surface of an object in three-dimensional space, wherein the object is represented by a decision rule and a plurality of volume elements...
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7953205 |
Synchronized X-ray / breathing method and apparatus used in conjunction with a charged particle cancer therapy system
The invention comprises an X-ray system that is orientated to provide X-ray images of a patient in the same orientation as viewed by a proton therapy beam, is synchronized with patient respiration,...
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7933380 |
Radiation systems and methods using deformable image registration
A method includes obtaining a first image, obtaining a second image, determining a deformation field using the first and second images, and determining a transformation matrix using the deformation...
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7856082 |
System and method for optimization of a radiation therapy plan in the presence of motion
A computer-implemented method for optimizing a radiation treatment plan for a radiotherapy machine providing independently controlled radiation along a plurality of rays j directed toward a patient...
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7853313 |
Apparatus and method for radiosurgery
A method and system is presented for treating moving target regions in a patient's anatomy by creating radiosurgical lesions. The method includes determining a pulsating motion of a patient...
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7845851 |
Low-dose iso-centering
Iso-centering a volume of interest (VOI) (170) within a patient (168) to undergo examination on a rotational X-ray apparatus (100) is achieved by taking two differently-angled pictures (S210) and...
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7796731 |
Leaf sequencing algorithm for moving targets
A method of providing intensity modulated radiation therapy to a moving target is disclosed. The target moves periodically along a trajectory that is projected onto a multi-leaf collimator (MLC)...
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7729469 |
X-ray imaging apparatus
An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray imaging unit, rotating unit configured to rotate a subject about an axis of rotation relative to the X-ray imaging unit, supporting unit configured to...
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7725163 |
System and method with automatically optimized imaging
An image system, notably an X-ray system and an ultrasound system, is provided in which images or sequences of images are generated and used to automatically change or optimize the operational...
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7686511 |
Angular irradiation in an upright treatment system
An upright treatment system including a source housing including a radiation source operable to emit an orientated radiation beam, a source positioner operable to rotate the source housing through...
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7653176 |
Inspection system with material identification
An angular analysis system that can be controlled to receive radiation at a defined angle from a defined focus region. The angular analysis system is used for level 2 inspection in an explosive...
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7643604 |
Stationary inspection system for three-dimensional imaging employing electronic modulation of spectral data from Compton-scattered gammas
An inspection system according to various embodiments can include a stationary mono-energetic gamma source and a detector-spectrometer. The detector-spectrometer is configured to employ a...
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7636418 |
Container inspection system
An inspection system provides for inspection of cargo containers. A scanning tunnel has an entrance and an exit, a plurality of scanning entrance doors, each having an open position and a closed...
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7634057 |
Radiotherapy system with turntable
A radiotherapy system including a collimator operable to shape and steer a radiation beam in at least one dimension, a turntable for supporting a patient thereupon adapted to rotate the patient...
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7616735 |
Tomosurgery
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with Tomosurgery are described. One method embodiment includes logically dividing a target volume into treatment slices to be radiated...
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7515686 |
Irradiation method and apparatus
An apparatus and method for providing uniform X-Ray irradiation to material carried in a plurality of containers. The apparatus includes an X-Ray tube providing a linear source of irradiation and...
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7486771 |
Process and apparatus for irradiating product pallets or containers
Method for irradiating in an irradiation chamber products being stored in the form of pallets or in the form of bulk material in appropriate containers by means of a high energy X-ray beam source...
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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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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...
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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...
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7289600 |
Apparatus and process for irradiating product pallets
The present invention is related to process and an apparatus for irradiating products by means of high energy X-ray beam source (1) in an installation having an irradiation chamber (2), said...
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7247865 |
System and method of detecting, neutralizing, and containing suspected contaminated articles
A comprehensive system and method of rendering the mail safe for handling and for detecting and containing suspect pieces and which can be fitted or retrofitted into mail and package processing...
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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 the...
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7197111 |
Process and apparatus for irradiating product pallets
The present invention is related to a process for irradiation of a product pallet having four vertical faces by a photon beam such as an X-ray beam, a gamma source or similar, consisting in an...
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7187752 |
Product irradiator for optimizing dose uniformity in products
An apparatus and method for irradiating a product or product stack with a relatively even radiation dose distribution is provided. The apparatus comprises a radiation source, an adjustable...
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7171257 |
Apparatus and method for radiosurgery
A method and system is presented for treating moving target regions in a patient's anatomy by creating radiosurgical lesions. The method includes determining a pulsating motion of a patient...
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7092487 |
X-ray pallet processing
This invention is advantageous in irradiating pallets which cannot be irradiated by conventional techniques, even by x-rays, throughout their complete volumes. In one embodiment, a scan horn scans...
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6993111 |
Method and apparatus for improving the spatial resolution of a laminography system that employs an x-ray source with a scanning beam
A method and apparatus for reducing blurring caused by transverse movement of an object being inspected relative to the x-ray source/detector array assembly. The plane of the scanning fan beam...
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6940076 |
System for, and method of, irradiating articles
An article has irregular characteristics such as an irregular geometrical configuration. Radiation from a radiation source is directed in a particular direction toward the article. The radiation...
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6940944 |
Method and apparatus for X-ray irradiation having improved throughput and dose uniformity ratio
The present invention is related to a method and apparatus of radiation processing of a product package in a device having a radiation source, a collimator having a variable aperture, and a...
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6931095 |
System and method for irradiating large articles
An irradiation assembly is effective to irradiate large articles, up to about 48 inches thick in an exemplary embodiment. The assembly provides radiation to an article from all sides in a 360...
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6928143 |
Deployable fast-response apparatus to recover bio-contaminated materials
A portable apparatus for sanitizing and recovering mail and other materials is disclosed. The apparatus is employed after a known or suspected biological attack or contamination event, such as...
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6868136 |
Irradiation apparatus and method
An irradiation apparatus particularly well suited to the irradiation of food at or near the point of consumption includes an irradiation chamber, one or more ionizing radiation sources such as...
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6853703 |
Automated delivery of treatment fields
A system, method, apparatus, and means for delivering treatment fields includes identifying a sequence group. A type of radiation to be applied in a first field of the sequence group is identified....
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6827489 |
Low-dose exposure aided positioning (LEAP) for digital radiography
A system and method for improved imaging of a patient through the use of low-dose exposure aided positioning is provided. The patient is positioned in the X-ray system and them imaged with a...
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6770891 |
Article irradiation system with multiple beam paths
A system for irradiating articles is disclosed. The system has multiple beam paths and is capable of irradiating articles with x-rays or electron beams (e-beams). The system is comprised of a...
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6761851 |
Apparatus and method for hardening metal by varying the engagement between irradiation and metal
The present invention provides an apparatus for hardening a metal article, comprising a holding device, an energy beam generator pointed at the holding device for directing energy beams at the...
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6728336 |
Arrangements and methods for treating a subject
An arrangement and method for treating the subject are provided, using which it is determined whether an equivalent uniform dose (“EUD”) associated with a particular dose distribution is gre...
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6713773 |
Irradiation system and method
An irradiation system includes a radiation source for providing a radiation beam at a controlled power level. A product location system provides product so that the radiation beam impinges on the...
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6697452 |
Verification method of monitor units and fluence map in intensity modulated radiation therapy
A general computer-implemented method and computer program for an independent MU or dose and fluence calculation of an intensity modulated photon field in intensity modulated radiation therapy...
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6697451 |
Dynamic phantom and method for evaluating calcium scoring
A method of evaluating a substance scoring system comprises acquiring data from a phantom using an imaging system, moving at least a portion of the phantom during the acquiring step, and generating...
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6690965 |
Method and system for physiological gating of radiation therapy
A method and system for physiological gating for radiation therapy is disclosed. According to an aspect, the invention comprises the use of an optical or video image system to measure regular...
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6680482 |
Cartridge product irradiator
The present invention relates to a product irradiator having a cartridge loading system. The cartridge comprises a plurality of carriers or totes which are transported as a single mass into an...
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6608882 |
System for, and method of, irradiating articles particularly articles with variable dimensions
Articles move on a conveyor mechanism in a first direction past a radiation source for an irradiation of the articles (by e.g., an electron beam, x-rays or gamma rays) by radiation moving in a...
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6553132 |
Method for motion correction in a series of images of a rigid body
The invention is directed to a method for motion correction given series of two-dimensional images of a rigid body, whereby the rigid body does not lie completely in the coverage area of the images...
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