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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES, Edmonton, AB, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); G01R 33/38 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/4808 (2013.01); A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61N 5/1077 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1055 (2013.01); G01R 33/3806 (2013.01); G01R 33/4812 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance (MR)-radiotherapy (RT) hybrid system for treating a patient is disclosed. The MR-RT hybrid system includes a radiation source for supplying a radiation beam to treat the patient and an MR imaging (MRI) apparatus for generating a divergent gradient field shaped to match a divergent geometry of the radiation beam of the radiation source.