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US 5,963,615 AGranted
Rotational flatness improvement
AssigneeSiemens Medical Systems, Inc.
InventorsBert David Egley, Joseph Scott Saba
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AssigneeSiemens Medical Systems, Inc.
InventorsBert David Egley, Joseph Scott Saba
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A radiation treatment apparatus (10) including a stand (12), a gantry (14) movably supported on the stand (12), the gantry (14) having a vertical section (16) and a generally linear cantilevered strut section (18), the cantilevered strut section (18) having a supported end adjacent the vertical section (16) and a projecting end opposite the supported end, a substantially linear particle accelerator (30) disposed within and longitudinally supported in generally parallel relationship with the cantilevered strut section (18), the accelerator (30) having a predetermined injection point (32) where particles are launched in the accelerator and a predetermined exit point (34) where the particles are discharged from the accelerator, a treatment head (22) coupled to the remote end of the cantilevered strut section proximate the exit point (34), the treatment head (22) for emitting a radiation beam (27), and a tuneable stiffening apparatus (40) attached to the accelerator (30) for substantially maintaining alignment between accelerated particle beam (27) and the bending magnet (35) and target (39) supported by the strut section (18).
A radiation treatment apparatus comprising:
A radiation treatment apparatus comprising:
A method for improving the rotational flatness in a radiation treatment apparatus having a stand, a gantry movably supported on said stand, said gantry having a vertical section and a cantilevered strut section, and a substantially linear particle accelerator for generating a radiation beam disposed within said cantilevered strut section, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.