Method of treatment room selection verification in a radiation beam therapy system
AssigneeLoma Linda University Medical Center
InventorsDavid A. Lesyna, Jon W. Slater
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method of treatment room selection verification in a radiation beam therapy system. The method compares treatment room beam request signals with a beam path configuration signal from a switchyard which controls the path of beam travel from an accelerator to one of the treatment rooms. Upon agreement of the request and beam path signals, beam transport to a selected treatment is authorized.
Claims13
A method of treatment room selection verification in a radiation beam therapy system comprising radiation beam source, beam accelerator, plurality of treatment rooms and a switchyard for directing accelerated beam from the accelerator to a selected one of the treatment rooms, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving a beam request signal from one or more of the treatment rooms;
- (b) verifying the authenticity of one of the beam request signals from one of the treatment rooms;
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- (c) authorizing beam transport to the one of the treatment rooms.
A method of treatment room selection verification in a radiation beam therapy comprising radiation beam source, beam accelerator, plurality of treatment rooms and a switchyard for directing accelerated beam from the accelerator to different selected ones of the treatment rooms, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving a plurality of input signals comprising beam requests from the treatment rooms and a beam path configuration signal from the switchyard identifying a beam path through the switchyard to one of the treatment rooms;
- (b) comparing the input signals to verify the authenticity of a request from a selected one of the treatment rooms;
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- (c) in response to such verification, allowing beam transport to the selected treatment room.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.