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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Varian Medical Systems International Ag, Cham, CH;
Inventors:
Janne I. Nord, Espoo, FI;
Esa Kuusela, Espoo, FI;
Jarkko Y. Peltola, Tuusula, FI;
Juha Kauppinen, Espoo, FI;
Assignee:
Varian Medical Systems International AG, Steinhausen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01); G21K 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1045 (2013.01); A61N 5/1047 (2013.01); G21K 1/046 (2013.01); A61N 5/1036 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi-layer multi-leaf collimation system includes at least a two layers of collimation leaves. The first multi-leaf collimator layer is configured to primarily perform a first function to affect a radiation beam traveling from a radiation source to a target and a second multi-leaf collimator layer is configured to primarily perform a second function, different from the first function, to affect the radiation beam for the administration of a treatment plan.