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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Microbeam Therapy, Llc, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel N. Slatkin, Essex, CT (US);
Fred Harden Geisler, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
MICROBEAM THEARPY, LLC., Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01); G21K 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1077 (2013.01); A61N 5/1042 (2013.01); G21K 1/02 (2013.01); A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61N 5/1068 (2013.01); A61N 5/1078 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1076 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1091 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1095 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1097 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments relate to a method of performing microbeam radiation therapy (microbeam radiosurgery) for a subject, including: producing a high-energy radiation beam; shaping, attenuating, strengthening, hardening and/or otherwise appropriately modifying the high-energy radiation beam using a low-Z, high-Z, or variable-Z filter; passing the beam before or after it has been so modified through a collimator to produce high-dose regions alternating with low-dose regions; and irradiating the subject with the collimated beam so modified.