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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2021
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Flavio Poehlmann-Martins, Fremont, CA (US);
William Thompson Main, Mariposa, CA (US);
Amir Shojaei, Palo Alto, CA (US);
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Presented systems and methods facilitate efficient and effective generation and delivery of radiation. In one embodiment, a radiation generation component includes a high intensity target that produces Bremsstrahlung radiation in response to impacts by charged particles, wherein the high intensity target is configured with operating limitations based primarily on catastrophic failure mechanisms rather than fatigue failure mechanisms. The high intensity target is configured to be compatible with a loading system of a radiation generation system. The high intensity target can have a catastrophic failure strain percentage in the range of 0.5 to 4.0 percent. The catastrophic failure mechanisms can include at least one selected from the group comprising ultimate tensile strength, fracture strain, and melting point. The high intensity target can have a product life in a low cycle fatigue regime range. The high intensity target can comprise a material with a melting temperature in the range of 800 C. to 3,700 C. The high intensity target can be configured to load in an accelerator enclosure. The high intensity target can include an identification feature. The Bremsstrahlung radiation can correspond to average dose rates greater than 1.0 greys per second (Gy/s).