Method and apparatus for target position verification
US6325758A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 27, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2018 |
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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 target to be treated by a radiation therapy device may include an ultrasound probe used to generate ultrasound images of the target; a position sensing system for indicating the position of the ultrasound probe with respect to the radiation therapy device, whereby the location of the target with respect to the radiation therapy device is known; and the ultrasound image of the target may be aligned with radiation treatment data.
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