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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
May. 05, 2023
Applicant:
Siemens Healthineers International Ag, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Reto Filiberti, Baar, CH;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01); A61B 6/46 (2024.01); H01H 9/16 (2006.01); H01H 13/02 (2006.01); H01H 13/70 (2006.01); H05G 1/56 (2006.01); H05G 1/58 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/18 (2006.01); H03K 17/955 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1048 (2013.01); A61B 6/461 (2013.01); A61B 6/467 (2013.01); H01H 9/161 (2013.01); H01H 13/023 (2013.01); H01H 13/70 (2013.01); H05G 1/56 (2013.01); H05G 1/58 (2013.01); A61B 6/0487 (2020.08); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1074 (2013.01); H01H 2013/026 (2013.01); H01H 2239/006 (2013.01); H01H 2239/064 (2013.01); H01H 2300/014 (2013.01); H01H 2300/038 (2013.01); H01H 2300/04 (2013.01); H03K 17/18 (2013.01); H03K 17/955 (2013.01); H03K 17/96 (2013.01); H03K 17/962 (2013.01);
Abstract
A radiation therapy system includes an X-ray imaging system that is configured with a combined and simplified filter and collimator positioning mechanism. In addition, an X-ray imager of the RT system is only positioned at a few discrete locations within a plane that is a fixed distance from the imaging X-ray source when generating X-ray images. As a result, for each of these discrete imaging positions, the simplified filter and collimator positioning mechanism positions a specific collimator-filter combination in a specific location between the X-ray source and the imager.