Method and apparatus for lesion position verification
US5411026A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 8, 1993 |
| Grant date | May 2, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 8, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S128/916
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for verifying the position of a lesion in a patient's body compares the location of the lesion in CT slices with the position of the lesion in ultrasound images taken while the patient lays on the treatment table of a linear accelerator.
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