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Controlling a process of monitoring the position of a patient during a radiation treatment

US9149655B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Brainlab AG · DE

Inventors

Stefan Vilsmeier · Munich, DE
Stephan Erbel · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 26, 2010
Grant date	Oct 6, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 16, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N2005/1074
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention is directed to a method for controlling a process of monitoring the position of at least a part of a patient's body (1) during a radiation treatment, the method comprising the following steps: a) providing an energy value which is dependent on the radiation energy applied to the patient's body (1); b) controlling the time at which the monitoring process is performed, in accordance with the energy value.

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