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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2007
Applicants:

Robert L. Cravens, Verona, WI (US);

Kenneth J. Ruchala, Madison, WI (US);

Gustavo H. Olivera, Madison, WI (US);

Daniel Lucas, Madison, WI (US);

Andrea Cox, Fitchburg, WI (US);

Paul J. Reckwerdt, Madison, WI (US);

Cleber DE Souza, Madison, WI (US);

Douglas Henderson, Middleton, WI (US);

David Arthur Spence, Hartland, WI (US);

Inventors:

Robert L. Cravens, Verona, WI (US);

Kenneth J. Ruchala, Madison, WI (US);

Gustavo H. Olivera, Madison, WI (US);

Daniel Lucas, Madison, WI (US);

Andrea Cox, Fitchburg, WI (US);

Paul J. Reckwerdt, Madison, WI (US);

Cleber De Souza, Madison, WI (US);

Douglas Henderson, Middleton, WI (US);

David Arthur Spence, Hartland, WI (US);

Assignee:

TomoTherapy Incorporated, Madison, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01); G01D 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A radiation treatment system and method of commissioning the system, the system including a gantry, a radiation source operable to produce a beam of radiation, and a measurement device. The measurement device is physically connected to the gantry, and includes a multi-dimensional scanning arm, and a detector. The method includes generating radiation from the radiation source, passing the radiation through an attenuation block, and receiving radiation with the measurement device. The measurement device is positioned such that it is not in contact with water. Data is generated from the radiation received and the system is commissioned using the generated data to match system characteristics to a previously defined standard.


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