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Combined radiation therapy and magnetic resonance unit

US8487269B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignees

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. · US

Inventors

Christopher Jude Amies · Pleasant Hill, US
Paul Beasley · Woodstock, GB
Juan Carlos Celi · Heidelberg, DE
Oliver Heid · Erlangen, DE
Francisco Miguel Hernandez-Guerra · Concord, US
Marcel Kruip · Felton, GB
Markus Vester · Koblenzer Straße, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 28, 2011
Grant date	Jul 16, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 9, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/4215
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a combined radiation therapy and magnetic resonance unit. For this purpose, in accordance with the invention a combined radiation therapy and magnetic resonance unit is provided comprising a magnetic resonance diagnosis part with an interior, which is limited in radial direction by a main magnet, and a radiation therapy part for the irradiation of an irradiation area within the interior, wherein at least parts of the radiation therapy part, which comprise a beam deflection arrangement, are arranged within the interior.

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