Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Markus Lanski

Bernd Granz

Ralf Nanke

Jens Fehre

Matthias Mahler

Thomas Mertelmeier

Martin Hoheisel

Manfred Rattner

Gerhard Buchholtz

Christian Meinert

Werner Kruft

Franz Fadler

Rainer Kaltschmidt

Walter Polster

Herbert Tauber

Heiko Köpping

In a system and method for x-ray brachytherapy, a probe is introduced into the body of a subject, the probe carrying an x-ray source that radiates x-rays into an exposure area outside of the probe within the body of the subject. A number of markers are located in or on the probe, that are detectable in an image generated by an imaging device. The markers are located in or on the probe in a known spatial relation to the exposure area, so that the position of the exposure area can be determined by identifying the markers in the displayed image.

Device for X-ray brachytherapy, and method for positioning a probe introduced into a body for X-ray brachytherapy

In a shockwave system with a shockwave source for treatment of a patient with shockwaves, a control and evaluation unit for evaluating an input signal supplied directly thereto that is correlated with a blood pressure value of the patient determined during the treatment, and controls the shockwave source dependent on the input signal.

Shockwave system control dependent on patient's blood pressure

An installation for image-assisted shockwave therapy has a C-arm x-ray unit that is orbitally movable around an isocenter, and that carries an x-ray imaging system thereon. The installation also has a shockwave head and a carrier device for the shockwave head that is disposed stationarily relative to the x-ray C-arm. A boom that extends toward the x-ray C-arm is carried by the carrier device, the boom having a free end at which the shockwave head is mounted. The boom is movably guided by the carrier device so that the shockwave head is arbitrarily movable to any position and can be arbitrarily aligned to the isocenter within a minimum range of 180&#xb0; delimited by the top table position and the bottom table position of a patient table.

Image-assisted shockwave therapy installation

A shockwave system for treatment of a patient has a detection unit for detection of an indicator correlated with the calmness of the patient, and a device that is operable dependent on the indicator that increases the calmness of the patient. In a method for operation of a shockwave system for treatment of a patient, an indicator correlated with the calmness of the patient is detected and a measure to increase the calmness of the patient is taken dependent on the indicator.

Shockwave system and method for operation of such a shockwave system

A device to adjust the focus position of the therapy head of a lithotripsy system having an x-ray system, has a cross-hair disc that can be attached to an image intensifier of the x-ray system, such that extending away from the edge of the cross-hair disc are variable-length connection elements whose outer end facing away from the cross-hair disc can be indirectly or directly affixed to the image intensifier.

Device fittable to the therapy head of an x-ray guided lithotripsy system to allow adjustment of the focus thereof

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Fürth, Germany

Markus Lanski