Real time sensor for therapeutic radiation delivery

Patent · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:871303

Bliss, Mary ^[1]; Craig, Richard A ^[1]; Reeder, Paul L ^[2]

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1. West Richland, WA
2. Richland, WA

The invention is a real time sensor for therapeutic radiation. A probe is placed in or near the patient that senses in real time the dose at the location of the probe. The strength of the dose is determined by either an insertion or an exit probe. The location is determined by a series of vertical and horizontal sensing elements that gives the operator a real time read out dose location relative to placement of the patient. The increased accuracy prevents serious tissue damage to the patient by preventing overdose or delivery of a dose to a wrong location within the body.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5704890
• OSTI ID: 871303
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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