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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2008
Applicants:
Thomas R. Mackie, Verona, WI (US);
Michael William Kissick, Madison, WI (US);
Ryan Thomas Flynn, Iowa City, IA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas R. Mackie, Verona, WI (US);
Michael William Kissick, Madison, WI (US);
Ryan Thomas Flynn, Iowa City, IA (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01); A61N 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A radiation therapy system for heavy ions employs a rocking motion of a fan beam used to treat the patient, the fan beam having individually modulated beamlets, the rocking limited in angular extent to provide improved conformance of the dose to a tumor while shielding distal tissue from radiation.