Low dose-rate radiation for medical and veterinary therapies with three dimensionally shaped profiles
US9375587B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 29, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 28, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 2, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N2005/1097
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Various embodiments relate to a method of performing microbeam radiation therapy (microbeam radiosurgery) for a subject, including: producing a high-energy radiation beam; shaping, attenuating, strengthening, hardening and/or otherwise appropriately modifying the high-energy radiation beam using a low-Z, high-Z, or variable-Z filter; passing the beam before or after it has been so modified through a collimator to produce high-dose regions alternating with low-dose regions; and irradiating the subject with the collimated beam so modified.
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