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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Arundhuti Ganguly, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
VAREX IMAGING CORPORATION, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/046 (2013.01); G21K 1/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes an x-ray source operable to generate x-ray beams, a collimator comprising one or more leaves configured to modify the x-ray beams, a motorized system operable to move the one or more leaves of the collimator independently in or out of the x-ray beams, and a controller configured to synchronize operation of the x-ray source and the motorized system, allowing modification of the x-ray beams substantially in real time with generation of the x-ray beams. At least one leaf or each of the leaves of the collimator may be configured to modulate a beam quality of the x-ray beams.