SYSTEM FOR EMISSION-GUIDED HIGH-ENERGY PHOTON DELIVERY

Disclosed herein are radiation therapy systems and methods. These radiation therapy systems and methods are used for emission-guided radiation therapy, where gamma rays from markers or tracers that are localized to patient tumor regions are detected and used to direct radiation to the tumor. The rad...

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Hauptverfasser:	OLCOTT, Peter, JULIAN, Chris, WIGGERS, Robert, BASSALOW, Rostem, NETT, David, MEER, David, DOLAN, Brent, LARKIN, David, HARPER, Brent, PEARCE, William Jorge
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ELECTROTHERAPY GAMMA RAY OR X-RAY MICROSCOPES HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IRRADIATION DEVICES MAGNETOTHERAPY MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE NUCLEAR ENGINEERING NUCLEAR PHYSICS PHYSICS RADIATION THERAPY TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Zusammenfassung:	Disclosed herein are radiation therapy systems and methods. These radiation therapy systems and methods are used for emission-guided radiation therapy, where gamma rays from markers or tracers that are localized to patient tumor regions are detected and used to direct radiation to the tumor. The radiation therapy systems described herein comprise a gantry comprising a rotatable ring coupled to a stationary frame via a rotating mechanism such that the rotatable ring rotates up to about 70 RPM, a radiation source (e.g., MV X-ray source) mounted on the rotatable ring, and one or more PET detectors mounted on the rotatable ring.