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X-ray Or Gamma Ray Systems Or Devices > Specific Application > Absorption > Irradiating > Therapy TherapyTherapy patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.10/18/07 - 20070242801 - Small field intensity modulated radiation therapy machine A small field radiation therapy machine having an aperture diameter of 30 cm or less provides improved ray definition for specialized treatment of portions of the human body such as head a breast. ... 10/04/07 - 20070230660 - Medical radiotherapy assembly The invention relates to a radiotherapy assembly comprising a particle emitter (2) with an exit window (4) for a fixed particle stream (6) and a patient support device (16) comprising a patient couch (18A, 18B), which can be brought into an irradiation position that is suitable for irradiating a patient ... 08/30/07 - 20070201614 - Method and system for optimizing dose delivery of radiation Described embodiments relate to improved methods and systems for computationally efficient optimization of radiation dose delivery. The optimization involves determining an improved form of objective function to be used for mapping radiotherapy beams to a patient body volume having at least one target volume and at least one non-target volume. ... 08/30/07 - 20070201613 - System and method of detecting a breathing phase of a patient receiving radiation therapy A system and method of detecting a breathing phase of a patient receiving radiation therapy is disclosed. The method, in one implementation, includes the acts of obtaining a plurality of patient images representing phases of a breathing cycle, delivering radiation to the patient, collecting transmission data of the patient during ... 08/23/07 - 20070195930 - System and method of generating contour structures using a dose volume histogram A system and method of defining a new region of interest for an existing region of interest using a dose volume histogram. The method includes the acts of generating a dose volume histogram of radiation dose for a pre-existing region of interest, selecting a subset of the dose volume histogram, ... 08/23/07 - 20070195929 - System and method of evaluating dose delivered by a radiation therapy system A system and method of evaluating dose delivered by a radiation therapy system using a marker that indicates motion. The marker is associated with the patient. In one method of operation, the method includes delivering radiation to the patient, monitoring motion of the marker during the delivering radiation, and evaluating ... 08/09/07 - 20070183570 - Non-invasive medical treatment installation A non-invasive medical treatment installation has a therapy C-arm mounted on a base, and defining an isocenter. A therapy apparatus having a focus is mounted at the free end of a carrier arm, that has a fixed end attached to the therapy C-arm. The mounting of the fixed end of ... 07/19/07 - 20070165779 - Real-time target confirmation for radiation therapy A method for radiation therapy with target recognition has a first target identification system for obtaining first target characteristics within a patient's body. A second target identification system obtains second target characteristics within the body aided by the first target characteristics. A computation means for calculation of three-dimensional coordinates of ... 06/21/07 - 20070140426 - Treatment of lesions or imperfections in mammalian skin or near-skin tissues or in or near other anatomic surfaces A method of treatment for lesions or imperfections in or near exposed anatomic surfaces such as skin using low-level ionizing radiation includes, in one embodiment, acquisition by computer of the location and geometry of the anatomic region to be treated, creation of a treatment plan by a therapist to achieve ... 06/21/07 - 20070140425 - Radiotherapy monitoring apparatus A radiotherapy monitoring apparatus for monitoring a treatment state by irradiation of radiations on a treatment region includes a flat panel detector that detects the radiations transmitted through the treatment region at least in two places, a comparing unit that compares a relative value of the transmitted radiations in the ... 06/07/07 - 20070127623 - Method and system for optimizing dose delivery of radiation The invention relates to improved methods and systems for computationally efficient optimization of radiation dose delivery. The optimization involves determining an improved form of objective function to be used for mapping radiotherapy beams to a patient body volume having at least one target volume and at least one non-target volume. ... 05/10/07 - 20070104316 - System and method of recommending a location for radiation therapy treatment Systems and methods for utilizing remote access to a radiation therapy treatment system. Remote access to the radiation therapy treatment system can assist in providing quality assurance processes, service and maintenance procedures, patient monitoring, and statistical analysis. ... 04/19/07 - 20070086569 - Radiation therapy system and method of using the same A method of using a radiation system having a multileaf collimator (“MLC”) to adjust for unevenness in the radiation emitted by the system is disclosed. By appropriately controlling the MLC in accordance with the invention the system can be operated without a flattening filter. In addition, the invention allows the ... 04/12/07 - 20070081629 - Fuzzy logic guided inverse treatment planning A fuzzy inference system for use in modulating radiation treatment includes a fuzzifer for inputting imaging data, and inference device operatively to the fuzzifer for analyzing the imaging data and determining radiation treatment target from non-treatment target, and a defuzzifier for modulating radiation treatment pursuant to the analysis from the ... 04/05/07 - 20070076846 - System and method of delivering radiation therapy to a moving region of interest A system for and method of delivering radiation therapy to a moving region of interest is disclosed. The method, in one implementation, includes the acts of generating a plurality of treatment plans for providing radiation therapy, delivering radiation therapy to the patient following one of the plurality of treatment plans, ... 03/29/07 - 20070071169 - Method for verification of intensity modulated radiation therapy An accurate method for inversely verifying a therapeutic radiation dose delivered to a patient via an x-ray delivery system without involving any computational iteration was developed. The usage of it includes detecting the transmitted radiation dose image after passage through the patient, imaging the patient during treatment to anatomically record ... 03/29/07 - 20070071168 - Workspace optimization for radiation treatment delivery system An apparatus and method for optimizing a workspace of a radiation treatment delivery system. An optimized treatment plan is generated for delivering a dose of radiation to a volume of interest (“VOI”) in a patient using fewer changes to a treatment plan parameter during delivery of the dose of radiation ... 03/22/07 - 20070064871 - Novel method for the planning and delivery of radiation therapy A new optimization method for generating treatment plans for radiation oncology is described and claimed. This new method works for intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), intensity modulated arc therapy (IMAT), and hybrid IMRT. ... 03/22/07 - 20070064870 - Patient support method of examining a patient and examining facility A method for examining and treating a patient, patient room and examining device are provided. The method comprising positioning the patient on a first patient support for an examination, examining the patient with an imaging examining device, positioning the patient on a second patient support having a support surface identically ... 03/15/07 - 20070058778 - Apparatus and process for dose-guided radiotherapy A method and an apparatus for dose-guided radiotherapy for a patient (P) having an identified radiotherapy target utilizes a radiation detecting array (R) of radiation-sensitive dosimeters for the real-time remote measurement of radiotherapy at the radiation detecting array (R). The radiation detecting array is positioned within the patient's (P) body ... 03/08/07 - 20070053492 - Positioning system and method for radiation therapy A positioning system for radiation therapy comprises a patient positioner drive unit for moving a patient positioner supporting a patient, a snout drive unit for rotating a snout including a collimator set therein, and a processing unit for controlling the snout drive unit and the patient positioner drive unit such ... 03/08/07 - 20070053491 - Adaptive radiation therapy method with target detection A method for delivering radiation therapy to a patient using a three-dimensional planning image for radiation therapy of the patient wherein the planning image includes a radiation therapy target includes the steps of: determining a digitally reconstructed radiograph from the planning image; identifying a region of the target's projection in ... 03/08/07 - 20070053490 - Automatic generation of an envelope of constraint points for inverse planning A method of automatically generating an envelope of constraint points for a target region to optimize an inverse treatment plan by modifying the dose isocontour. ... 02/22/07 - 20070041500 - Radiation therapy imaging and delivery utilizing coordinated motion of gantry and couch A system and method of delivering a radiation therapy treatment plan to a patient. The treatment plan is delivered using a radiation therapy system including a moveable support for supporting a patient, a gantry moveable relative to the support and supporting a radiation source and multi-leaf collimator for modulating the ... 02/22/07 - 20070041499 - Method and system for evaluating quality assurance criteria in delivery of a treatment plan System and method of evaluating quality assurance criteria related to the delivery of a radiation therapy treatment plan. The method includes the acts of acquiring image data of a patient, generating a treatment plan for the patient based at least in part on the image data, the treatment plan including ... 02/22/07 - 20070041498 - System and method of remotely directing radiation therapy treatment Systems and methods for utilizing remote access to a radiation therapy treatment system. Remote access to the radiation therapy treatment system can assist in providing quality assurance processes, service and maintenance procedures, patient monitoring, and statistical analysis. ... 02/22/07 - 20070041497 - Method and system for processing data relating to a radiation therapy treatment plan A system and method of automatically processing data relating to a radiation therapy treatment plan. The method includes the acts of acquiring image data of a patient, generating a treatment plan for the patient based at least in part on the image data, the treatment plan including a calculated radiation ... 02/22/07 - 20070041496 - System and method of remotely analyzing operation of a radiation therapy system Systems and methods for utilizing remote access to a radiation therapy system. Remote access to the radiation therapy system can assist in providing quality assurance processes, service and maintenance procedures, patient monitoring, and statistical analysis. ... 02/22/07 - 20070041495 - Method of and system for predicting dose delivery A system and method of predicting a radiation dose to be delivered to a patient. The method includes the acts of generating a first image of at least a portion of the patient, defining a treatment plan for the patient, generating a second image of at least a portion of ... 02/22/07 - 20070041494 - Method and system for evaluating delivered dose A system and method of evaluating a radiation dose delivered to a patient receiving radiation therapy. The method includes the acts of generating a time-based series of patient images, collecting a time-based series of data indicating patient motion, and evaluating a radiation dose delivered to the patient based upon the ... 02/22/07 - 20070041493 - Method and apparatus for producing an intensity modulated beam of radiation A method of intensity-modulating a beam of radiation from a radiation source is provided, the method including the steps of: a) providing a collimator having a window which allows the passage of radiation from the radiation source and which defines when viewed from the radiation source a two-dimensional array of ... 02/15/07 - 20070036267 - Low skin dose patient positioning device for radiation treatment of prone breast The present invention provides a support for a patient undergoing radiation therapy that preserves radiation build-up, such as normally spares the skin from receiving high amounts of radiation dose. The support includes at least one gas-filled bladder that displaces some tissue from the path of the radiation and/or spaces the ... 02/01/07 - 20070025510 - Method and apparatus for x-ray imaging of a patient during a shockwave treatment In a method for x-ray imaging given a patient containing a subject to be represented during a shockwave treatment, an image data set containing the subject and a marker is generated at a first point in time; an x-ray image showing essentially only the subject (14) and the marker is ... 02/01/07 - 20070025509 - 4-dimensional digital tomosynthesis and its applications in radiation therapy A 4-dimensional digital tomosynthesis system includes an x-ray source, an x-ray detector and a processor. The x-ray source is suitable for emitting x-ray beams to an object with a periodic motion. The periodic motion is divided into (n+1) time intervals, n being a positive integer. Each of the (n+1) time ... 01/11/07 - 20070009089 - Methods and apparatuses for making x-rays using electron-beam ion trap (ebit) technology Methods and systems for making X-rays using Electron-Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) technology. A method includes extracting ions of various atomic species from an EBIT, transporting the ions through an evacuated tube, and producing x-rays by neutralizing the ions when the ions strike a conducting plate. Another method includes producing x-rays ... 01/04/07 - 20070003011 - Fast gradient-histogram inverse planning technique for radiation treatment A method for fast inverse planning of IMRT treatment plans is disclosed. The method relies on a computationally efficient algorithm for evaluating the gradient of a general class of objective functions, and also on the efficient optimization that is realized due to the directional conjugacy of the objective functions. Several ... 12/28/06 - 20060291621 - Dynamic radiation therapy simulation system A system for dynamic treatment simulation for radiotherapy. Software is implemented on a computer system to perform dynamic simulation by displaying every segment of dynamic treatment beams on top of real-time fluoroscopic image sequences. Automated distortion correction of the fluoroscopic image due to the image intensifier is performed in real-time. ... 12/21/06 - 20060285641 - System, tracker, and program product to facilitate and verify proper target alignment for radiation delivery, and related methods A system, tracker, program product, and methods to facilitate and verify proper target alignment for radiation delivery are provided. The system includes a radiation delivery apparatus having a radiation emitter, a rotating assembly controlled by a controller, and an application computer which provides treatment delivery instructions to the controller. The ... 12/21/06 - 20060285640 - Variance reduction simulation system, program product, and related methods A system to provide enhanced computational efficiency in a simulation of particle transport through a medium, program product, and related methods are provided. The system can include a simulation data administrator server having access to an interaction database including records related to parameters describing interactions of particles in an absorbing ... 12/21/06 - 20060285639 - System and method of treating a patient with radiation therapy A radiation therapy treatment system and method of treating a patient with radiation. The system integrates positioning of the patient, treatment planning, and delivery of the plan. As a result of the integration of imaging capabilities into the treatment apparatus, and efficient processes for contouring and planning, a patient can ... 12/14/06 - 20060280288 - Radiation modulating apparatus and methods therefore A radiation modulating device and methods enhance the delivery of radiation by modulating the intensity of a radiation beam. A radiation modulating device may be placed between any radiation source and any target such that at least some portion of the radiation beam emitted from the source passes through the ... 12/14/06 - 20060280287 - Beam therapy treatment user interface monitoring and recording system A system uses a digital photographic camera attached to a radiation therapy device to create an overlay of radiation beam information comprising data identifying treated patient anatomical region data and supporting determination of cumulative radiation treatment information from multiple treatment overlays. A system records a treatment beam landing area on ... 12/07/06 - 20060274885 - Treatment planning software and corresponding user interface A method and apparatus for treatment planning are described. ... 11/30/06 - 20060269044 - Method and x-ray apparatus for exposure of a patient who can be placed at a variable distance relative to an x-ray source In a method and x-ray apparatus for exposure of a patient who can be placed at a variable distance relative to an x-ray source, the dose rate emitted by the x-ray source is reduced given reduction of the distance and/or increased given increase of the distance. ... 11/16/06 - 20060256915 - Method and apparatus for planning and delivering radiation treatment Radiation may be delivered in a number of segments shaped by a multi-leaf collimator. The collimator may be at different angles of rotation for the different segments. A method for planning radiation treatment involves obtaining an optimized set of collimator configurations by a direct aperture optimization method that takes into ... 11/02/06 - 20060245543 - Patient positioning assembly for therapeutic radiation system An apparatus and method for moving a support device with respect to a radiation source in at least three degrees of freedom to align a treatment target with respect to the radiation source. ... 09/28/06 - 20060215813 - System for monitoring the geometry of a radiation treatment apparatus, trackable assembly, program product, and related methods A system to monitor a geometry of a treatment apparatus, an apparatus, a trackable assembly, program product, and methods are provided. The system includes a treatment apparatus having a radiation emitter, a rotating assembly controlled by a controller, and an application computer, which provides treatment delivery instructions to the controller. ... 09/14/06 - 20060203964 - Method and device for calculating the radiation dose distribution for a radiation treatment system for the purpose of radiation therapy of an animal body The invention relates to a method for calculating the radiation dose distribution for a radiation treatment system for the purpose of radiation therapy of an animal body, wherein said radiation beam of the radiation treatment system exhibits a specific beam field size and shape at different depths as well as ... 08/31/06 - 20060193435 - Radiotherapy apparatus monitoring therapeutic field in real-time during treatment A radiotherapy apparatus includes an irradiation head section, an X-ray source section and a sensor array section. The irradiation head section irradiates therapeutic radiation to a therapeutic field of a target substance. The X-ray source section irradiates diagnostic X-rays to the therapeutic field of the target subject. The sensor array ... 08/10/06 - 20060176997 - Methods for implementing microbeam radiation therapy A method of performing radiation therapy includes delivering a therapeutic dose such as X-ray only to a target (e.g., tumor) with continuous broad beam (or in-effect continuous) using arrays of parallel planes of radiation (microbeams/microplanar beams). Microbeams spare normal tissues, and when interlaced at a tumor, form a broad-beam for ... 07/13/06 - 20060153330 - System for radiation imaging and therapy of small animals A system is equipped with a computer-controlled rotating gantry and includes at least one radiation source mounted to the gantry. The radiation source moves along an arcuate path as the gantry rotates and emits an x-ray beam at a first energy level for imaging of a small animal and emits ... 06/22/06 - 20060133568 - System to provide megavoltage and kilovoltage radiation treatment A system according to some embodiments may include an accelerator to emit megavoltage radiation towards a patient, an x-ray source to emit kilovoltage radiation towards the patient, and a concentrator to concentrate the kilovoltage radiation. ... 05/04/06 - 20060093089 - Systems and methods for treating a lung of a patient using guided radiation therapy or surgery Systems and methods for treating a lung of a patient. One embodiment of a method comprises positioning a leadless marker in the lung of the patient relative to the target, and collecting position data of the marker. This method further comprises determining the location of the marker in an external ... 04/20/06 - 20060083349 - Radiation treatment planning using conformal avoidance A treatment planning system for radiation therapy defines avoidance areas of normal tissue rather than solely defining target areas to substantially improve treatment planning speed with comparable accuracy. ... 04/13/06 - 20060078087 - Treatment of age-related macular degeneration Age-related macular degeneration is treated by radiation delivered from a miniature x-ray tube inserted via a catheter around the globe of the eye, to a position behind the macula. The process can employ an applicator with several parallel guides, inserted around the eye to receive the catheter with x-ray tube ... 04/13/06 - 20060078086 - Dynamic/adaptive treatment planning for radiation therapy A facility for facilitating custom radiation treatment planning is described. During a distinguished radiation treatment session for a patient, the facility collects data indicating positioning of a predefined treatment site of the patient relative to a target treatment location throughout the distinguished radiation treatment session. The facility associates the collected ... 03/30/06 - 20060067469 - Flexible treatment planning A flexible treatment planning system configured to enable the user to utilize both forward planning and inverse planning techniques is described. ... 03/30/06 - 20060067468 - Radiotherapy systems A radiotherapy system is disclosed which provides precise, fast patient positioning. The radiotherapy system includes a gantry on which a therapy beam source that determines a beam axis and two imaging units secured rotatably about an isocentric axis. Each imaging unit includes an X-ray beam and an X-ray detector, opposite ... 03/30/06 - 20060067467 - Apparatus and method for conformal radiation brachytherapy for breast and other tumors A system and method providing conformal x-ray brachytherapy for treatment of a body having a tumor by irradiation of a target volume of tissue in a patient is disclosed wherein an x-ray probe including an x-ray emitter, an imaging probe configured to image the target volume, a translation stage mounting ... 03/16/06 - 20060056589 - Radiation-induced cellular adaptive response One aspect of the present invention relates to a method for determining an adaptive response of a tumor during radiation therapy. A second aspect of the present invention relates to a method for determining a substantially optimal dose of radiation therapy based on a cells ability to undergo an adaptive ... 03/09/06 - 20060050847 - Cone beam computed tomography with a flat panel imager A radiation therapy system that includes a radiation source that moves about a path and directs a beam of radiation towards an object and a cone-beam computer tomography system. The cone-beam computer tomography system includes an x-ray source that emits an x-ray beam in a cone-beam form towards an object ... 03/02/06 - 20060045238 - Method for intensity modulated radiation treatment using independent collimator jaws The present invention is a method for treatment planning and delivery of the radiation treatment plan for the intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment using linear accelerators (LINACs) not equipped with a multileaf collimator (MLC). The present invention makes the use of a simpler collimator consisting of only 4 collimator jaws. ... 02/23/06 - 20060039533 - Management system for combination treatment Embodiments may include determination of a treatment plan associated with a patient, the treatment plan including a first treatment mode in which a treatment agent is present within a portion of the patient and a second treatment mode in which the portion of the patient is irradiated, determination, independent from ... 01/05/06 - 20060002511 - Modular patient support system A radiation treatment system (100) for accurately delivering radiation to a targeted site within a cancer patient (108) that includes a modular patient support system and a patient positioner (114). The modular patient support system includes a modularly expandable patient pod (200) and at least one immobilization device, such as, ... 12/15/05 - 20050276377 - Kilovoltage delivery system for radiation therapy A small tabletop stationary five-degree of freedom device such as a “robot” is used to define the treatment region by tracing the region under direct visualization and then to precisely deliver the treatment plan created by an automatic planning system by positioning a single low energy radiation source, or a ... 11/24/05 - 20050259787 - System and method for monochromatic x-ray beam therapy In embodiments of the invention, a radiosensitizer or other agent is relatively uniformly accumulated in the cells of a tumor. An external monochromatic x-ray beam, which is tuned to a predetermined energy level associated with k-edge effects in the agent, is then directed to the tumor. The monochromatic x-ray beam ... 11/24/05 - 20050259786 - Machine for intraoperative radiation therapy The invention concerns a machine for intraoperative radiation therapy or IORT (Intra Operative Radio Therapy), comprising a mobile body, provided with at least two driving wheels (21, 22) and at least an idle wheel (24, 25), each driving wheel (21, 22) being operated by a corresponding moving engine, the machine ... 11/17/05 - 20050254623 - Field splitting for intensity modulated fields of large size A method of delivering intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is disclosed. An intensity profile for the treatment of a patient is provided which spans a prescribed field width and includes a discrete profile having intensity values at each of a plurality of sample points bounded by the prescribed width. The ... 11/17/05 - 20050254622 - Method for assisted beam selection in radiation therapy planning A method to assist in the selection of optimum beam orientations for radiation therapy when a planning treatment volume (PTV) is adjacent to one or more organs-at-risk (OARs). A mathematical analysis of the boundaries between the PTV and OARs allows the definition of a continuum of pairs of gantry and ... 10/13/05 - 20050226378 - Devices and methods for targeting interior cancers with ionizing radiation Devices and related methods are provided for irradiating a portion of a body. A device according to one embodiment can include a radiation needle, a fluorescent target, and an x-ray transmitting window. The radiation needle can include a radiation conduit having a first and second end for passing primary x-rays. ... 10/13/05 - 20050226377 - Radiosurgery x-ray system with collision avoidance subsystem The present invention provides a radiosurgery and/or radiotherapy x-ray system including a collision avoidance subsystem for detecting and avoiding obstacles during treatment. The system includes an x-ray source having an emission head at a distal end of an articulated arm assembly extending from a base unit, with the head being ... 09/22/05 - 20050207531 - Radiation therapy system using interior-point methods and convex models for intensity modulated fluence map optimization A method of determining a treatment plan for intensity modulated radiation treatment (IMRT) divides a three-dimensional volume of a patient into a grid of dose voxels. At least a portion of the dose voxels are designated to belong to at least one target or to at least one critical structure. ... 09/15/05 - 20050201516 - Method for modification of radiotherapy treatment delivery The present invention provides a novel method of contoured-anatomy dose repositioning (CADR) as a means to automatically reposition a patient to better recover the planned dose distribution without reoptimize the treatment plan. Specifically, CADR utilizes planning CT images, the planned dose distribution, and on-line images for repositioning dose distribution on ... 08/25/05 - 20050185758 - Method for planning the radiation therapy for a patient A method is for producing CT scans, particularly for planning radiation therapy for a patient in the chest region, where the exclusive use of CT data is used to infer the respective motion phase of a scanned region. This information is used to produce phase-specific CT images. These images are ... 07/14/05 - 20050152495 - Device for performing and verifying a therapeutic treatment and corresponding computer program and control method The invention relates to a device for performing and verifying therapeutic radiation. An x-ray beam (4) is arranged across from a target volume (3) of the beam source (11) for the high-energy beam (1) in such a way that the beams (1, 4) run in essentially opposite directions (5, 6). ... ### FreshPatents.com Support - Terms & Conditions |