System providing multiple focused radiation beams
AssigneeSiemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
InventorsWilliam F. Collins, Christopher Jude Amies
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Abstract
A system includes a plurality of treatment heads, each of the plurality of treatment heads including a radiation source and a radiation-focusing lens. The system also includes a plurality of voltage sources, each of the plurality of voltage sources associated with a respective one of the plurality of treatment heads, and a control device to control an intensity of radiation emitted from each radiation-focusing lens of the plurality of treatment heads in accordance with a treatment plan.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of radiation sources;
- and
- a plurality of radiation-focusing lenses, each of the plurality of radiation-focusing lenses associated with a respective one of the plurality of radiation sources.
A method comprising:
- transmitting radiation from a plurality of radiation sources to respective ones of a plurality of radiation-focusing lenses;
- and
- focusing the transmitted radiation on a target area with the plurality of radiation-focusing lenses.
A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable process steps, the process steps comprising:
- a step to transmit radiation from a plurality of radiation sources to respective ones of a plurality of radiation-focusing lenses;
- and
- a step to focus the transmitted radiation on a target area with the plurality of radiation-focusing lenses.
A system comprising:
- a plurality of treatment heads, each of the plurality of treatment heads comprising:
- a radiation source;
- and
- a radiation-focusing lens;
- a plurality of voltage sources, each of the plurality of voltage sources associated with a respective one of the plurality of treatment heads;
- and
- a control device to control an intensity of radiation emitted by each radiation-focusing lens of the plurality of treatment heads in accordance with a treatment plan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.