Visualizing Radiation Therapy Beam in Real-Time in the context of Patient's Anatomy
Patent №
US 9,604,077
Granted
2017-03-28
Filed 2015
Owner
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
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Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
14739896
A method of real-time radiotherapy beam visualization is provided that includes disposing a free-form flexible scintillating sheet on a subject of interest, irradiating the subject of interest with a source of ionizing radiation, where the free-forming flexible scintillating sheet emits light when irradiated by the therapeutic photon beam, collecting the emitted light and collecting ambient light reflected from the subject of interest and surrounding objects using a camera, where the collected light is converted to image data by the camera, where the image data is communicated to an appropriately programmed computer, and processing the image data to determine beam characteristics and the characteristics of the subject of interest, using the appropriately programmed computer, where the beam characteristics and the characteristics of the subject of interest are displayed in real-time to a machine operator enabling real-time verification of treatment delivery.
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Ownership
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
assignment · 361320983
Assignors
XING, LEI, NACZYNSKI, DOMINIK JAN, JENKINS, CESARE
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