摘要:
An apparatus (100) for providing at least one treatment to at least one tissue having a first structural arrangement (110) configured to expand a first portion at a distal end of the apparatus, a second structural arrangement (115) configured to expand a second portion at the distal end and at least one lumen (120) associated with at least one of the first structural arrangement (110) and/or the second structural arrangement (120). The first structural arrangement and/or the second structural arrangement can be configured to position the at least one lumen at a particular position with respect to the tissue. A tip (140) is configured to aid in the insertion of the apparatus into the tissue(s).
摘要:
In one embodiment, radiotherapy treatment is provided to a target volume of a patient by configuring a multileaf collimator of a radiation treatment machine in a first orientation so as to form an actual aperture having a first orientation, delivering radiation to the target volume through the actual aperture while in the first orientation with a single pass along an arcuate path centered on the target volume, configuring the multileaf collimator in a second orientation so as to place the actual aperture in a second orientation that is different from the first orientation, and delivering radiation to the target volume through the actual aperture while in the second orientation with a single pass back along the arcuate path such that a relatively large cumulative dose of radiation is delivered to the target volume through a virtual aperture created by an area of overlap between the first and second actual aperture orientations.
摘要:
A Cherenkov imaging system for determining surface radiation dose for a subject undergoing radiation therapy includes (a) a first camera for capturing a Cherenkov image of Cherenkov radiation from a surface region of the subject undergoing Cherenkov-radiation-inducing radiation therapy, (b) a second camera for capturing a reflectance image of reflectance of optical illumination off the surface region, and (c) a correction module for correcting the Cherenkov image based upon the reflectance image to form a corrected Cherenkov image that indicates radiation dose for the surface region. A Cherenkov imaging method for determining surface radiation dose for a subject, undergoing radiation therapy includes correcting a Cherenkov image, of Cherenkov radiation from a surface region of the subject undergoing Cherenkov-radiation-inducing radiation therapy, using a reflectance image of visible light reflected by the surface region, to form a corrected Cherenkov image that indicates radiation dose for the surface region.