Imaging method for monitoring delivery of high dose rate brachytherapy
Patent
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OSTI ID:1079237
A method for in-situ monitoring both the balloon/cavity and the radioactive source in brachytherapy treatment utilizing using at least one pair of miniature gamma cameras to acquire separate images of: 1) the radioactive source as it is moved in the tumor volume during brachytherapy; and 2) a relatively low intensity radiation source produced by either an injected radiopharmaceutical rendering cancerous tissue visible or from a radioactive solution filling a balloon surgically implanted into the cavity formed by the surgical resection of a tumor.
- Research Organization:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Assignee:
- Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, VA)
- Patent Number(s):
- 8,295,910
- Application Number:
- 11/985,680
- OSTI ID:
- 1079237
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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