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Radiotherapy apparatus comprising an imaging ring

US11511135B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ion Beam Applications · BE

Inventors

Alexandre Debatty · Hévillers, BE
Frédéric Dessy · Binche, BE
Yves Claereboudt · Chaumont-Gistoux, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 29, 2020
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 29, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N2005/1061
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A radiotherapy apparatus for the delivery of an energetic beam to a target tissue in a treatment zone, including: a rotatable gantry for rotating the end of a beam delivery system about a circle centered on an isocentre and normal to an axis of rotation Z1 of the gantry, the path between the end of the beam delivery system and the isocentre defining a central beam axis Z2 at every rotation angle of the gantry about the axis of rotation Z1; an imaging ring having a central bore and an imaging system for acquiring images of a patient in an imaging zone of the imaging system, wherein the imaging ring is located in the radiotherapy apparatus such that its imaging zone intersects the axis of rotation Z1 of the gantry, and wherein the imaging ring is mechanically coupled to the rotatable gantry through a mechanical structure.

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