Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ion radiation therapy system with rocking gantry motion
- Patent Title (中): 离子放射治疗系统具有摇摆门架运动
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Application No.: US12438255Application Date: 2008-02-27
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Publication No.: US08093568B2Publication Date: 2012-01-10
- Inventor: Thomas R. Mackie , Michael William Kissick , Ryan Thomas Flynn
- Applicant: Thomas R. Mackie , Michael William Kissick , Ryan Thomas Flynn
- Applicant Address: US WI Madison
- Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- Current Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Madison
- Agency: Boyle Fredrickson, S.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2008/055070 WO 20080227
- International Announcement: WO2008/106484 WO 20080904
- Main IPC: A61N5/10
- IPC: A61N5/10 ; A61N5/02
Abstract:
A radiation therapy system for heavy ions employs a rocking motion of a fan beam used to treat the patient, the fan beam having individually modulated beamlets, the rocking limited in angular extent to provide improved conformance of the dose to a tumor while shielding distal tissue from radiation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100176309A1 ION RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEM WITH ROCKING GANTRY MOTION Public/Granted day:2010-07-15
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