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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
May. 02, 2006
Charles W. Scarantino, Raleigh, NC (US);
H. Troy Nagle, Durham, NC (US);
Lester C. Hall, Hollywood, FL (US);
Jeffrey Mueller, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Bahram G. Kermani, Los Altos, CA (US);
Charles W. Scarantino, Raleigh, NC (US);
H. Troy Nagle, Durham, NC (US);
Lester C. Hall, Hollywood, FL (US);
Jeffrey Mueller, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Bahram G. Kermani, Los Altos, CA (US);
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sicel Technologies, Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for evaluating external beam radiation therapy delivered to a subject include: (a) placing at least one wireless implantable sensor in a first subject at a target location; (b) administering a first dose of radiation therapy into tile first subject; (c) obtaining radiation data from the at least one wireless implantable sensor; and (d) calculating a radiation dose amount received by the first subject at the target location based on the radiation data obtained from the at least one wireless sensor during and/or after exposure to the first administered dose of radiation to determine and/or verify a dose amount of radiation delivered to the target location.