Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Real-time MRI-PET-guided radiotherapy system with dose-deposition verification
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Application No.: US16322038Application Date: 2017-07-31
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Publication No.: US11612765B2Publication Date: 2023-03-28
- Inventor: B. Gino Fallone , Brad Murray
- Applicant: ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES
- Applicant Address: CA Edmonton
- Assignee: ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES
- Current Assignee: ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES
- Current Assignee Address: CA Edmonton
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- International Application: PCT/CA2017/050916 WO 20170731
- International Announcement: WO2018/023195 WO 20180208
- Main IPC: G01T1/16
- IPC: G01T1/16 ; A61N5/10 ; G01T1/02 ; G01T1/166 ; G01T1/164

Abstract:
A radiotherapy system is configured to determine in vivo dose deposition of a radiotherapy treatment beam. The system includes the following components. A bi-planar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus comprising a pair of spaced apart magnets. One of the magnets includes a hole proximal the centre thereof. A treatment beam source configured to generate a radiotherapy treatment beam. The treatment beam source is positioned to transmit the treatment beam through the hole in the magnet. A patient support configured to position a patient with the system so that a treatment target is proximal the treatment beam. A Positron Emission Tomography (PET) detector configured to obtain PET data of the treatment beam impacting the patient. The PET detector is positioned so that a transverse section of the patient that includes the treatment target lies between opposing portions of the PET detector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190184197A1 REAL-TIME MRI-PET-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM WITH DOSE-DEPOSITION VERIFICATION Public/Granted day:2019-06-20
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