Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for providing radiotherapy treatment
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Application No.: US15320043Application Date: 2015-07-16
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Publication No.: US10220222B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Richard Popple
- Applicant: THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION
- Applicant Address: US AL Birmingham
- Assignee: UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee: UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee Address: US AL Birmingham
- Agency: Thomas Horstemeyer, LLP
- Agent Christopher B. Linder; Jason M. Perilla
- International Application: PCT/US2015/040814 WO 20150716
- International Announcement: WO2016/011300 WO 20160121
- Main IPC: A61N5/10
- IPC: A61N5/10

Abstract:
In one embodiment, radiotherapy treatment is provided to a target volume of a patient by configuring a multileaf collimator of a radiation treatment machine in a first orientation so as to form an actual aperture having a first orientation, delivering radiation to the target volume through the actual aperture while in the first orientation with a single pass along an arcuate path centered on the target volume, configuring the multileaf collimator in a second orientation so as to place the actual aperture in a second orientation that is different from the first orientation, and delivering radiation to the target volume through the actual aperture while in the second orientation with a single pass back along the arcuate path such that a relatively large cumulative dose of radiation is delivered to the target volume through a virtual aperture created by an area of overlap between the first and second actual aperture orientations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170197094A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT Public/Granted day:2017-07-13
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