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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2009
Byong Yong Yi, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Xinsheng Cedric Yu, Clarksville, MD (US);
Fritz Lerma, Towson, MD (US);
Byong Yong Yi, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Xinsheng Cedric Yu, Clarksville, MD (US);
Fritz Lerma, Towson, MD (US);
Other;
Abstract
A system and method for delivering radiation treatment to a moving target within a patient according to a preprogrammed treatment plan including determining a difference between a surrogate signal representing a physical characteristic associated with said patient's actual breathing pattern during radiation treatment delivery and a tracking signal representing a physical characteristic associated with said patient's expected breathing pattern during radiation treatment delivery, and regulating a speed of delivery of said radiation treatment based on said determined difference.