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Radiotherapy treatment device comprising image acquisition device and irradiation device, and radiotherapy method

US9211423B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Patrick Gross · Langensendelbach, DE
Annemarie Hausotte · Erlangen, DE
Björn Heismann · Erlangen, DE
Sebastian Schmidt · Weisendorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 20, 2014
Grant date	Dec 15, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 11, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N2005/1063
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A radiotherapy treatment device comprising an image acquisition device, in particular a magnetic resonance device, an irradiation device comprising in particular a linear accelerator, and a patient positioning device having a patient positioning platform, wherein a movement device is provided for jointly moving the image acquisition device and the irradiation device between an irradiation position, in which a radiotherapeutic treatment of a patient located on the patient positioning platform is possible by means of the irradiation device, and an image acquisition position, in which an image acquisition of the patient located on the patient positioning platform is possible by means of the image acquisition device is provided. A radiotherapy method for treating an irradiation target in a patient by means of such a radiotherapy treatment device is also disclosed.

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