Evaluated teletherapy source library
US6029079A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 21, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N2005/1034
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The Evaluated Teletherapy Source Library (ETSL) is a system of hardware and software that provides for maintenance of a library of useful phase space descriptions (PSDs) of teletherapy sources used in radiation therapy for cancer treatment. The PSDs are designed to be used by PEREGRINE, the all-particle Monte Carlo dose calculation system. ETSL also stores other relevant information such as monitor unit factors (MUFs) for use with the PSDs, results of PEREGRINE calculations using the PSDs, clinical calibration measurements, and geometry descriptions sufficient for calculational purposes. Not all of this information is directly needed by PEREGRINE. It also is capable of acting as a repository for the Monte Carlo simulation history files from which the generic PSDs are derived.
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