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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2015
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Arai, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This multileaf collimator is provided with multiple leaves which limit the area irradiated by a radiation beam and which are arranged in the thickness direction. Each of the leaves is provided with a protruded portion which is formed protruding towards a first surface of the leaf, a depressed portion which is formed in the second surface of the leaf and into which the protruded portion formed on another leaf is inserted, a first curved surface which is formed between the first surface of the leaf and the lateral surface of the protruded portion, and a second curved surface which is formed between the second surface of the leaf and the lateral surface of the depressed portion.