Imaging method for monitoring delivery of high dose rate brachytherapy

Weisenberger, Andrew G; Majewski, Stanislaw

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Title: Imaging method for monitoring delivery of high dose rate brachytherapy

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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.

Inventors:: Weisenberger, Andrew G; Majewski, Stanislaw

Issue Date:: 2012-10-23

Research Org.:: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1079237

Patent Number(s):: 8295910

Application Number:: 11/985,680

Assignee:: Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, VA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS

A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY

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A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS
A61B6/022 - {Stereoscopic imaging}
A61B6/12 - Devices for detecting or locating foreign bodies
A61B6/4258 - {for detecting non x-ray radiation, e.g. gamma radiation
A61B6/482 - {involving multiple energy imaging}
A61B6/5235 - {combining images from the same or different radiation imaging techniques, e.g. PET and CT}

A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY
A61N2005/1052 - {using positron emission tomography [PET] single photon emission computer tomography [SPECT] imaging}
A61N5/1015 - {Treatment of resected cavities created by surgery, e.g. lumpectomy}

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DOE Contract Number:: ACO5-06OR23177

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE

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