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5704890 Real time sensor for therapeutic radiation delivery  
The invention is a real time sensor for therapeutic radiation. A probe is placed in or near the patient that senses in real time the dose at the location of the probe. The strength of the dose is...
5703056 Non-invasive imaging of gene transfer  
The subject invention provides a method of detecting gene transfer to and expression in a target tissue of a host subject comprising: (a) administering to the host subject a transfer vector...
5675062 Cellular basis of transplant arteriosclerosis in mice  
A mouse model for transplant arteriosclerosis useful for identifying compounds which reduce or prevent such arteriosclerosis, consisting of a mouse engrafted with a histoincompatible artery which...
5658233 Neutron capture therapy with deep tissue penetration using capillary neutron focusing  
An improved method for delivering thermal neutrons to a subsurface cancer or tumor which has been first doped with a dopant having a high cross section for neutron capture. The improvement is the...
5643171 Method and apparatus for uniform radiation treatment of vascular lumens  
A method and apparatus for intravascular radiotherapy for prevention of stenosis following angioplasty or other trauma to coronary arteries caused by smooth muscle cell hyperplasia in which a...
5635721 Apparatus for the liner acceleration of electrons, particularly for intraoperative radiation therapy  
An apparatus for the linear acceleration of electrons, particularly for intraoperative radiation therapy, including: an articulated structure for moving a radiating head that comprises an...
5585643 Method and apparatus for directing electron radiation to subcutaneous cells  
The present invention provides a device for delivering an electron beam providing radiation treatment to subcutaneous cells. The device includes a hollow needle having a proximal and a distal end...
5547454 Ion-induced nuclear radiotherapy  
Ion-induced Nuclear Radiotherapy (INRT) is a technique for conducting radiosurgery and radiotherapy with a very high degree of control over the spatial extent of the irradiated volume and the...
5538494 Radioactive beam irradiation method and apparatus taking movement of the irradiation area into consideration  
A radiation irradiation method and an apparatus enables effective radiation irradiation even in the case of a diseased part changing its position due to physical activity, such as breathing and the...
5523578 Electromagnetic radiation shielding arrangement and method for radiation therapy patients  
An arrangement is disclosed for protecting a patient from pacemaker malfunction during radiation therapy by enclosing the patient in electromagnetic radiation shielding structure comprised of...
5433693 Neutron-capture therapy apparatus and method  
Patient treatment rooms are circularly spaced around a nuclear reactor core. Suitable shielding is provided between the rooms and the core, with neutron transmission passageways provided in the...
5368543 Tissue compensation apparatus  
A tissue compensation system and method for making a tissue compensator utilizes a plurality of elongate rods, one end of which contact the treatment surface on the patient, and the other end of...
5295944 Method for treating a tumor with ionizing radiation  
A method is disclosed treating a tumor in a host by administering an ultrapurified polymerized hemoglobin solution to the host and thereafter administering ionizing radiation, such as X-rays, to...
5291404 Radiotherapy treatment planning system  
The radiotherapy treatment planning system is for calculating the radiation dose to be absorbed by an object to be irradiated, prior to radiotherapy. The distribution of contribution output unit...
5250019 Apparatus for stereotactic radiosurgery  
An apparatus for performing stereotactic radiosurgery using a stationary radiation source is comprised of a frame, a platform rotatably connected to the frame about a vertical rotational axis, a...
5242372 Tissue compensation method and apparatus  
A tissue compensation system and method for making a tissue compensator utilizes a plurality of elongate rods, one end of which contact the treatment surface on the patient, and the other end of...
5190516 Method intraoperative electron beam radiotherapy using remotely located beam generator  
A microtron-generated electron beam may be selectively routed through an extended electron beam transport system to a remotely located intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) facility. The beam current...
5161546 System for intraoperative electron beam radiotherapy using remotely located beam generator  
A microtron-generated electron beam may be selectively routed through an extended electron beam transport system to a remotely located intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) facility. The beam current...
5147282 Irradiation loading apparatus  
A manual irradiation loading apparatus and method of irradiating a localized area of a human or animal patient using the manual irradiation loading apparatus. The irradiation loading apparatus...
5107839 Computer controlled stereotaxic radiotherapy system and method  
A computer controlled stereotoxic radiotherapy system is disclosed which facilitates a precise localization and subsequent irradiation of small intracranial tumors. The system permits the accurate...
5081110 Method of killing sarcoma cells using fludarabine phosphate and ionizing radiation  
This invention provides a method of killing sarcoma cells in a patient by administering to the patient an effective amount of fludarabine phosphate effective to inhibit the repair of potentially...
5037374 Stereotactic-guided radiation therapy system with variable-length compensating collimator  
A system for stereotactic-guided radiation therapy, method of stereotactic-guided radiation therapy, and a collimator useful in treating a patient with stereotactic-guided radiation therapy...
4987309 Radiation therapy unit  
A radiation therapy unit with a beam of rays propagating from a focal point along a beam axis comprises a radiator head arranged on the beam axis with a double-focus multi-leaf collimator. The...
4961926 Methods for prevention and treatment of mucositis with granulocyte colony stimulating factor  
This invention provides method of preventing mucositis in a subject susceptible to mucositis comprising administering to the subject a prophylactically effective amount of granulocyte colony...
4946435 Flexible sealed radioactive film for radiotherapy, and method of making same  
A flexible sealed radioactive film for medical treatments comprising a radioactive material on or in a flexible substantially two-dimensional film and sealed in a substantially two-dimensional...
4921327 Method of transmitting an ionizing radiation  
A thin, flexible, hollow fiber capable of transmitting ionizing radiation. Ionizing radiation enters the fiber through entrance pupil (10) and travels through the hollow interior of fiber body (20)...
4891165 Device and method for encapsulating radioactive materials  
A capsule for encapsulating radioactive material for radiation treatment comprising two or more interfitting sleeves, wherein each sleeve comprises a closed bottom portion having a circumferential...
4889525 Sensitization of hypoxic tumor cells and control of growth thereof  
Method of sensitizing hypoxic tumor cells to radiotherapy and chemotherapy by contacting the cells or the vasculature thereof with an aqueous dispersion of an oxygen carrying perfluoro compound and...
4880821 α-nitroalkylnitrobenzenesulfonamides  
A compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein: R 1 and R 2 are defined as follows: R 1 is hydrogen, an alkyl group, or an alkyl group having one or more hydroxy groups; R 2 is an alkyl group...
4869299 Radioactivity shielding transportation assembly and method  
A method of transferring radioactive substance wherein a radioactivity shielding assembly, suitable for transferring a radioactive substance with a reduced risk of human exposure and environmental...
4862315 Static electric discharge apparatus  
The cordless static electric discharge unit for discharging static electricity from a human body into the air. The apparatus consists of a discharge unit attached to the wearer's wrist by a wrist...
4853415 2-(substituted sulfamyl) derivatives of 4-nitrobenzamide as radiation sensitizers  
2-(Substituted sulfamyl) derivatives of 4-nitrobenzamide are disclosed as agents that increase the sensitivity of hypoxic cancer cells to x-rays and γ-radiation. Methods of preparing such...
4846782 Treatment of cancer with interferon and radiotherapy  
Radiation sensitive human cancers are treated with combined interferon and radiation therapy.
4820258 Radiosensitizing biological tissues  
A gaseous mixture comprising oxygen, nitrous oxide, and an optional inert gas, is useful for radiosensitizing tissues in radiotherapy, particularly for treatment of cancer.
4781676 Interstitial administration of perfluorochemical emulsions for reoxygenation of hypoxic tumor cells  
A method is set forth for treatment of hypoxic tumors by interstitial injection of oxygen bearing fluorocarbon emulsions directly into the hypoxic zone of the tumor followed by radiation treatment.
4733653 Radiotherapy apparatus  
In radiotherapy use is made of apparatus of the type in which a chain of balls comprising radioactive balls and inert spacer balls is moved pneumatically to and from an applicator tube within the...
4726046 X-ray and electron radiotherapy clinical treatment machine  
A radiotherapy machine includes a microwave powered accelerator to produce an energetic beam of charged particles, bending and focussing magnets to parallel scan the beam in a plane and collimators...
4705955 Radiation therapy for cancer patients  
Apparatus for irradiating a patient comprises a source of a radiation beam directed along a radiation axis. The source is mounted for pivotable movement about a first horizontal axis substantially...
4631415 Radiation treatment apparatus  
A radiation treatment apparatus comprising a radiation shielding container (a rest container) having a plurality of first openings. A plurality of radiator holders are connected to respective drive...
4619927 Novel nitropyrazinyl- and nitropyridinyl- substituted piperazin-3-one and hexahydro-1H-1,4-diazepin-5-one compounds useful as adjuncts to radiation therapy  
Novel nitropyrazinyl- and nitropyridinyl- substituted piperazin-3-one and hexahydro-1H-1,4-diazepin-5-one compounds are disclosed to have activity in increasing the sensitivity of hypoxic tumor...
4576143 Method of immune modification by means of extracorporeal irradiation of the blood  
In order to modify the immune system in humans having symptoms of a disorder of the immune system characterized by the presence of lymphocytes not apparently activated such lymphocytes are...
4507616 Rotatable superconducting cyclotron adapted for medical use  
A superconducting cyclotron (10) rotatable on a support structure (11) in an arc of about 180° around a pivot axis (A--A) and particularly adapted for medical use is described. The rotatable...
4494547 2H-isoindolediones, their synthesis and use as radiosensitizers  
Isoindoledione compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R 1 and R 3 each separately is phenyl, substituted phenyl, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbons, --CHO, --CH 2 OR 6 , --CO 2 R 6 , --COR 6 ,...
4443895 Low-pressure fixation of valvular tissue intended for implantation  
A method of obtaining fixation of an animal aortic valve intended for implantation, including subjecting the aortic valve to a tanning fluid at a differential pressure across the valve leaflets in...
4435400 Amino and alkylaminoalkenoate ester derivatives of aminochloronitropyrazine  
The present invention relates to aminoalkenoate ester derivatives of 2-amino-5-chloro-3-nitropyrazine useful as sensitizers of hypoxic tumor cells to therapeutic radiation. It also relates to the...
4418062 Amino derivatives of chloro nitro amino pyrazines useful as adjuncts to radiation therapy  
2-Substituted amino derivatives of 6-amino-3-chloro-5-nitropyrazin-2-yl are prepared by converting 3-amino-5,6-dichloropyrazinecarboxylic acid to 5,6-dichloro-3-nitropyrazinamine and treating said...
4416882 Di(alkylamino) derivatives of chloronitropyrazines useful as adjuncts to radiation therapy  
Di(alkylamino) derivatives of chloronitropyrazines are prepared from dichloronitropyrazinamine by diazotization of the amine followed by halogen exchange to produce an intermediate dichloro-halo...
4281252 Coupling apparatus for portable radiography systems  
A coupling apparatus for separably connecting cable controls to the storage unit of a radiographic system, having a coupler component fixed to the storage unit and a separable component fitted to...
4256966 Radiotherapy apparatus with two light beam localizers  
The radiation emitting apparatus contains a radiation source which projects a beam of radiation along a central axis onto a surface to be irradiated. There are provided a first and a second...
4225790 Storage reel assembly  
A storage reel for flexible-cable remote manipulating means, which provides a form on which to store a flexible cable and its guide tube on the outside of the form, and which includes permanently...
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