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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2006
Applicants:
B. Gino Fallone, Alberta, CA;
Marco Carlone, Alberta, CA;
Brad Murray, Alberta, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61N 5/1081 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1055 (2013.01);
Abstract
A radiation therapy system comprises a radiation source generating a beam of radiation and a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus. An interface acts between the radiation source and the MRI apparatus that permits irradiation to be performed simultaneously with imaging. The MRI apparatus and radiation source are coupled such that the system can be used in a rotation mode whereby the radiation source can irradiate a subject from basically any angle without reducing MRI image quality.