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Device for checking the irradiation dose measuring circuits used to measure the irradiation doses delivered by a radiotherapy apparatus

US4092538A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 17, 1976
Grant dateMay 30, 1978
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Expiry dateJun 17, 1996

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02B1/04
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Device making it possible to check, prior to or after each irradiation treatment session, the proper operation of the dose-measuring systems associated with a radiotherapy apparatus and comprising at least one dose-measuring circuit equipped with a counter system of preselect design. This device comprises a pulse generator G, means for applying said pulses to the counter system of at least one of the measuring circuits and means making it possible to halt the generator G and reset the counter system to zero when coincidence occurs between the preselected number of pulses corresponding to a preselected dose level D and the displayed number of pulses corresponding to the dose level effectively delivered by an irradiation source S.

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