Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for emission guided radiation therapy
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Application No.: US13209275Application Date: 2011-08-12
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Publication No.: US08461538B2Publication Date: 2013-06-11
- Inventor: Samuel Mazin
- Applicant: Samuel Mazin
- Applicant Address: US CA Burlingame
- Assignee: RefleXion Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee: RefleXion Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Burlingame
- Agency: Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Main IPC: A61N5/10
- IPC: A61N5/10

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising a radiation source, coincident positron emission detectors configured to detect coincident positron annihilation emissions originating within a coordinate system, and a controller coupled to the radiation source and the coincident positron emission detectors, the controller configured to identify coincident positron annihilation emission paths intersecting one or more volumes in the coordinate system and align the radiation source along an identified coincident positron annihilation emission path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110291015A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMISSION GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY Public/Granted day:2011-12-01
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