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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2012
C. Clifton Ling, New York, NY (US);
Margie A. Hunt, Larchmont, NY (US);
Pengpeng Zhang, Great Neck, NY (US);
Athanasios Etmektzoglou, Milpitas, CA (US);
Edward Shapiro, Menlo Park, CA (US);
C. Clifton Ling, New York, NY (US);
Margie A. Hunt, Larchmont, NY (US);
Pengpeng Zhang, Great Neck, NY (US);
Athanasios Etmektzoglou, Milpitas, CA (US);
Edward Shapiro, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY (US);
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An arc radiotherapy and imaging system is provided which includes a first radiation source and a second radiation source. The first radiation source is suitable for treating a region of a patient, and the second radiation source is suitable for imaging the region of the patient. A control is also provided for automatically adjusting system operation, according to a defined schedule, between treating the region of the patient using the first radiation source and imaging the region of the patient using the second radiation source, thereby facilitating both treating and imaging of the region of the patient.