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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Elekta Ab (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Philip Lee Arber, West Sussex, GB;
Joseph Hubert Marie Habets, Oirsbeek, NL;
Clifford William Perkins, West Sussex, GB;
John Shelley, West Sussex, GB;
Assignee:
Elekta AB (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61N 5/1047 (2013.01); A61N 5/1067 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1055 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1056 (2013.01);
Abstract
An IGRT apparatus includes a medical imaging device integrated with a linear accelerator, the linear accelerator is configured for emitting a radiation beam, which is shaped by a beam shaper, and a gantry. The position of the beam shaper is adjustable between a first position and a second position; the first position is a treatment position and the second position is a non-treatment position and the first position is within the gantry and the second position is removed from the gantry.