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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2010
Applicants:
Matthias Guckenburger, Sutton, GB;
Anthony Kavanagh, Sutton, GB;
Kevin Brown, Horsham, GB;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Elekta AB (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
The Institute of Cancer Research, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods of radiotherapy planning and delivery are disclosed in which a radiation beam is directed towards a time-averaged mean position of the target during radiation-on. In addition, the radiation beam is gated to deliver radiation to the target only when the target is within a treatment volume centered on the mean position. Treatment plans according to embodiments of the present invention result in low doses to the surrounding healthy tissue, but high duty cycles and quicker treatment times.