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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cornel Schlossbauer, Krailling, DE;
Stephan Erbel, München, DE;
Stephan Fröhlich, Aschheim, DE;
Assignee:
BrainLAB AG, Kirchheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
A method for breath compensation in radiation therapy, particularly radiotherapy/radiosurgery, wherein the movement of the target volume inside the patient is detected and tracked in real time during radiation by a movement detector. Adaptation to the movement of the target volume inside the patient is achieved by one or more components of a radiotherapy apparatus to compensate for or take into consideration the movement during treatment.