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Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014

Filed:

Jan. 17, 2012
Applicants:

Edward G. Shapiro, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Edward J. Seppi, Portola Valley, CA (US);

John M. Pavkovich, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Peter Munro, Mountain View, CA (US);

Stanley W. Johnsen, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Richard E. Colbeth, Los Altos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Edward G. Shapiro, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Edward J. Seppi, Portola Valley, CA (US);

John M. Pavkovich, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Peter Munro, Mountain View, CA (US);

Stanley W. Johnsen, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Richard E. Colbeth, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4233 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1054 (2013.01); A61B 6/4085 (2013.01);
Abstract

A multi-mode cone beam computed tomography radiotherapy simulator and treatment machine is disclosed. The radiotherapy simulator and treatment machine both include a rotatable gantry on which is positioned a cone-beam radiation source and a flat panel imager. The flat panel imager captures x-ray image data to generate cone-beam CT volumetric images used to generate a therapy patient position setup and a treatment plan.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Shapiro, Edward. (2014). Multi-mode cone beam ct radiotherapy simulator and treatment machine with a flat panel imager (U.S. Patent No. 8867703). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8867703

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