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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Per Carlsson, Sundbyberg, SE;
Gert Hanner, Kalmar, SE;
Ivars Alksnis, Trångsund, SE;
Anders Nilsson, Stockholm, SE;
Peter Fröberg, Vaxholm, SE;
Inventors:
Per Carlsson, Sundbyberg, SE;
Gert Hanner, Kalmar, SE;
Ivars Alksnis, Trångsund, SE;
Anders Nilsson, Stockholm, SE;
Peter Fröberg, Vaxholm, SE;
Assignee:
Elekta AB, Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N005/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A radiation therapy device and a method of changing the spatial dose distribution surrounding a focus are disclosed. A subset of radioactive sources in a source carrier arrangement is displaceable relatively to collimator passage inlets, while the rest of the sources are fixed relatively to said collimator passage inlets.