摘要:
We have found a superior method for dealing with the effects of inertia in a radiotherapy apparatus. We propose to cater for inertia in advance by incorporating inertia factors into an output from a delivery control system which adapts the treatment plan by incorporating the inertia factors, or by including the inertia factors as a constraint in the treatment planning process. Therefore, instead of instructing the machine to make movements which assume perfect inertia-less behaviour by the geometry item and then compensating for this afterwards, the instructions delivered to the geometry items will reflect their inertia behaviour and can therefore be followed very closely. This, in turn, means that a departure from that plan will be correspondingly more likely to indicate an error by the geometry item. It will no longer be routine for errors to arise when a geometry item needs to accelerate or decelerate and thus the error-checking regime need not make allowances for such departures from the intended path. That, in turn, means that the error tolerances can be correspondingly tighter. Those tighter tolerances mean that the error-checking can safely be carried out locally for each component.
摘要:
A method for the measurement of dose distribution in radiotherapy apparatus comprising an apparatus for generating a beam of therapeutic radiation and an imaging apparatus, one or both apparatuses being mounted to a rotatable gantry adapted in use to rotate around a bore of the radiotherapy apparatus and around an isocentre therein, the method comprising: placing a detector holder within a tank, the detector holder comprising a radio-opaque marker and a visual reference point, the marker and the reference point being separated and in a fixed spatial relationship to each other, and the tank in use containing a liquid having a surface level uppermost; locating the tank within the bore such that the detector holder is in the vicinity of the isocentre; rotating the gantry and monitoring the position of the detector holder using the imaging apparatus to determine the position of the marker relative to the isocentre; displacing the detector holder vertically such that the reference point is positioned at a point level with a desired surface level of the liquid, and adding liquid to or removing liquid from the tank until the surface of the liquid is at the same level as the reference point. Features of the detector holder and tank are also described.
摘要:
A stereotactic surgical instrument for use in stereotactical therapy and surgery and a coupling mechanism for such an instrument is disclosed. The stereotactic surgical instrument includes a semi-circular arc part and a head frame. The head frame is arranged for fixation to a head of a patient by pins or screws. The arc part includes coupling members shaped as rings arranged at a fixed distance from each other for attaching and locking the arc part to the head frame. The head frame includes support members formed as rings for receiving corresponding coupling members. Each coupling member includes a pivotable clamp element arranged to partly surround a respective support member circumferentially when the arc part is coupled to the head frame. The coupling members include locking elements arranged to receive a tip portion of the respective clamp element and adjustable locking knobs for tightening and locking respective coupling member to respective support member.
摘要:
A method of imaging a patient, in an apparatus comprising a patient support on which the patient may be positioned, and a rotatable gantry supporting a source of imaging radiation for generating a radiation beam towards the patient, and a detector for detecting the radiation beam after interaction with the patient, the detector operating in a cyclical pattern of an exposure phase followed by a readout phase. The method comprises, for a first detector cycle in which the gantry has a first angle of rotation, controlling the source of radiation to emit a first radiation beam pulse during the exposure phase, and reading out respective first imaging data during the readout phase. The method further comprises, for a second, subsequent detector cycle, determining if the gantry has rotated through at least a threshold angular displacement relative to said first angle of rotation, if so, controlling the source of radiation to emit a second radiation beam pulse during the exposure phase, and reading out respective second imaging data during the readout phase.
摘要:
Embodiments of the present invention provide markers, phantoms, and associated methods of calibration which are suitable for use in both medical resonance imaging and radiographic imaging systems. A marker (10) includes a first component (12) having a first hydrogen proton density and a first mass density; and a second component (14) having a second hydrogen proton density different than the first hydrogen proton density, and a second mass density different than the first mass density. The first and second components are non magnetic.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a frame (1) for fixation of equipment (10) to the head of a patient during neurological diagnosis, therapy or surgery. The frame (1) is adapted to enclose the head of the patient. The frame (1) comprises a number of mounting slots (2) arranged in said frame (1), said mounting slots (2) being adapted to receive a number of fixation pins adapted to fixate said frame (1) to a bone in said head. The frame (1) further comprising two anterior longitudinal posts (3) and two posterior longitudinal posts (4), extending along a longitudinal axis A, an anterior portion (5), adapted to be arranged at the anterior side of the head, said anterior portion (5) interconnecting said two anterior longitudinal posts (3), and a posterior portion (6), adapted to be arranged at the posterior side of the head, said posterior portion (6) interconnecting said two posterior longitudinal posts (4). The anterior longitudinal posts (3) and said posterior longitudinal posts (4) are interconnected with two lateral portions (7), adapted to extend one on each side of said head, and wherein said lateral portions (7) are axially offset, along said longitudinal axis A, with respect to said anterior and posterior portion (5, 6). The present invention further relates to a stereotactic frame system (10) comprising such frame (1).