Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic shutter in a radiation therapy system
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Application No.: US17283965Application Date: 2019-07-29
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Publication No.: US11590369B2Publication Date: 2023-02-28
- Inventor: Simon Keller , Daniel Morf , Peter Munro
- Applicant: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
- Current Assignee: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Su IP Consulting
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/070362 WO 20190729
- International Announcement: WO2020/025538 WO 20200206
- Main IPC: A61N5/00
- IPC: A61N5/00 ; A61N5/10 ; A61B6/03 ; G06T7/00 ; G06T11/00 ; A61B6/00

Abstract:
In a radiation therapy system, treatment X-rays are delivered to a target volume at the same time that imaging X-rays are also delivered to the target volume for generating image data of the target volume. That is, during an imaging interval in which imaging X-rays are delivered to the target volume, one or more pulses of treatment X-rays are also delivered to the target volume. In each pixel of an X-ray imaging device of the radiation therapy system, image signal is accumulated during portions of the imaging interval in which only imaging X-rays are delivered to the target volume and is prevented from accumulating in each pixel during the pulses of treatment X-rays.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210346723A1 ELECTRONIC SHUTTER IN A RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-11-11
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