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Title: Achromatic and uncoupled medical gantry

Abstract

A medical gantry that focus the beam from the beginning of the gantry to the exit of the gantry independent of the rotation angle of the gantry by keeping the beam achromatic and uncoupled, thus, avoiding the use of collimators or rotators, or additional equipment to control the beam divergence, which may cause beam intensity loss or additional time in irradiation of the patient, or disadvantageously increase the overall gantry size inapplicable for the use in the medical treatment facility.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Center Moriches, NY
  2. Rocky Point, NY
  3. Mt. Sinai, NY
  4. Wading River, NY
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1032873
Patent Number(s):
8063381
Application Number:
12/403,486
Assignee:
Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, NY)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY
H - ELECTRICITY H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR H05H - PLASMA TECHNIQUE
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-98CH10886
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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Citation Formats

Tsoupas, Nicholaos, Kayran, Dmitry, Litvinenko, Vladimir, and MacKay, William W. Achromatic and uncoupled medical gantry. United States: N. p., 2011. Web.
Tsoupas, Nicholaos, Kayran, Dmitry, Litvinenko, Vladimir, & MacKay, William W. Achromatic and uncoupled medical gantry. United States.
Tsoupas, Nicholaos, Kayran, Dmitry, Litvinenko, Vladimir, and MacKay, William W. Tue . "Achromatic and uncoupled medical gantry". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1032873.
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