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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2008
Xinsheng Cedric Yu, Clarksville, MD (US);
Ying Su Yu, Clarksville, MD (US);
William Regine, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Xinsheng Cedric Yu, Clarksville, MD (US);
Ying Su Yu, Clarksville, MD (US);
William Regine, Cockeysville, MD (US);
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Xcision Medical Systems, LLC, Clarksville, MD (US);
Abstract
A method of treating a cancerous region in a breast of a patient comprising (i) imaging the breast in a three-dimensional coordinate system, (ii) stereotactically determining the location of the cancerous region in the breast, (iii) optionally determining the volume of the entire cancerous region to be treated, and (iv) while maintaining the breast in a three-dimensional coordinate system that is identical to or corresponds with the three-dimensional coordinate system used in (i), noninvasively exposing the cancerous region of the breast of the patient to a cancer-treatment effective dose of radiation; and equipment for use in such a method.