Scalable slim radiotherapy treatment delivery system topology
AssigneeAccuray Incorporated
InventorsEric Schnarr, Mark Trail, Calvin Maurer, Jr.
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Abstract
A radiation delivery system that includes a gantry to extend along one or more axes. The gantry is to provide a continuous rotation. The radiation delivery system includes a linear accelerator (LINAC) coupled to the gantry. The LINAC is to generate a treatment beam. The radiation delivery system includes a rotary joint coupled to the gantry. The rotary joint provides a physical connection from the LINAC to an external system that is positioned off the gantry. The physical connection is to transport at least one of a cooling liquid or air.
Claims18
A radiation delivery system, comprising:
- a gantry to extend along one or more axes, wherein the gantry is to provide a continuous rotation;
- a linear accelerator (LINAC) coupled to the gantry, wherein the LINAC is to generate a treatment beam;
- an external system, comprising a processor, that is positioned off the gantry;
- and
- a rotary joint coupled to the gantry, wherein the rotary joint provides a physical connection from the LINAC to the external system,
- wherein the physical connection is to transport at least one of a cooling liquid or air, and
- wherein the external system to create timing instructions for the LINAC, and to provide the timing instructions to the LINAC via the rotary joint.
A method, comprising:
- providing, by a physical connection of a radiation delivery system, at least one of a cooling liquid or air from an external system that is positioned off a gantry to a linear accelerator (LINAC) that is positioned on the gantry,
- wherein a rotary joint is coupled to the gantry,
- wherein the rotary joint provides the physical connection from the LINAC to the external system, and
- wherein the external system to create timing instructions for the LINAC, and to provide the timing instructions to the LINAC via the rotary joint;
- performing, by the gantry, a continuous rotation of the LINAC about an axis;
- and
- generating, by the LINAC, a treatment beam during the continuous rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.