Radiation control and minimization system and method
AssigneeIntellirad Control, Inc.
InventorAllon Guez
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Abstract
A radiation control system and method are provided in which radiation delivered to a patient and/or the operator of the equipment is minimized. The radiation control system may be used in a large variety of applications including applications in which radiation source is used to inspect an object, such as, for example, medical imaging, diagnosis and therapy, in manufacturing operation using radiation, in airports scanning systems, in different security setups, and in nuclear reactors automation and process control. The radiation control system and method may also be used with 3D imaging.
Claims19
A closed loop radiation guidance system, comprising:
- a radiation source that generates a radiation beam;
- a device for generating an attention monitor signal indicating when an attention of an operator is directed towards a patient area of interest;
- a device for generating a radiation activation signal indicating a desire by the operator to activate the radiation beam;
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- a control unit that generates, in real-time, a control signal based on the attention monitor signal and the radiation activation signal that controls the radiation from the radiation source towards the patient area of interest to provide real-time, closed loop feedback of the radiation from the radiation source towards the patient area of interest.
A method for closed loop control of radiation, the method comprising:
- generating, by an attention monitor device, an attention monitor signal indicating an attention of an operator to the generating of a radiation beam from a radiation source towards a patient area of interest;
- generating, by a radiation activator device, a radiation activation signal indicating a desire by the operation to activate the radiation beam;
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- controlling, in real-time, the radiation beam towards the patient area of interest based on the attention monitor signal and the radiation activation signal to provide real-time, closed loop feedback of the radiation from the radiation source towards the patient area of interest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.