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US 2025/0359831 A1Published application
Medical radiation system alignment
AssigneeLeo Cancer Care, Inc.
InventorsStephen Towe, Mark Strangeman, Janusz Harasimowicz
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Abstract
Provided herein is technology relating to medical radiation systems and particularly, but not exclusively, to apparatuses, methods, and systems for aligning a radiation source with a patient positioning system and/or patient rotation system for use in medical diagnostic imaging and/or radiotherapy.
Claims33
A method of aligning a medical radiation system comprising a patient rotation system and a radiation source, the method comprising:
- rotating the patient rotation system about a rotation axis;
- detecting a radiation beam from the radiation source to produce images of a reference target located on a patient support assembly of the patient rotation system;
- analyzing the images to determine a displacement of the patient support assembly relative to the rotation axis;
- and
- adjusting the patient support assembly to align the patient support assembly relative to the rotation axis.
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A system comprising:
- a medical radiation system;
- and
- a reference target comprising a body and one or more markers fixed to the body in a prearranged configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.