RADIATION SHIELDS FOR BRACHYTHERAPY

A shield assembly for an intensity modulated brachytherapy (IMBT) system, has: a tubular applicator engageable to a rotating mechanism of the IMBT system, the tubular applicator having a peripheral wall enclosing an internal cavity extending longitudinally along a central axis; a radiation shield ex...

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Hauptverfasser:	ENGER, Shirin A, SHOEMAKER, Tristan, MORCOS, Marc, FAMULARI, Gabriel
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR ELECTROTHERAPY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MAGNETOTHERAPY MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE NUCLEAR ENGINEERING NUCLEAR PHYSICS PHYSICS PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULARRADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT RADIATION THERAPY TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Zusammenfassung:	A shield assembly for an intensity modulated brachytherapy (IMBT) system, has: a tubular applicator engageable to a rotating mechanism of the IMBT system, the tubular applicator having a peripheral wall enclosing an internal cavity extending longitudinally along a central axis; a radiation shield extending axially along the central axis and received within the internal cavity, the radiation shield made of an MRI-compatible and radiation attenuating material; and a radionuclide-receiving passage within the internal cavity of the tubular applicator, the radionuclide-receiving passage extending axially and being radially offset from the central axis.