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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Francisco M. Hernandez-Guerra, Concord, CA (US);
Edward Lewis Calderon, Pittsburg, CA (US);
Simon John Forknall, Concord, CA (US);
David L. Pond, Novato, CA (US);
Hussein Alaifai, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Randall V. Tarr, Concord, CA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Systems, Inc., Iselin, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 ;
Abstract
A system and method for radiation therapy delivery. Known errors are compensated for by applying an offset factor to the dose at the start of the beam cycle. According to one embodiment of the invention, a dosimetry controller is configured to provide the offset connection and sense radiation on (RAD ON) and monitor the dose rate at the beginning of the beam cycle.