公开(公告)号：US20210038922A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-11

申请号：US16943507

申请日：2020-07-30

Applicant: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System

Inventor： Xun Jia ,  Chenyang Shen ,  Nima Hassan-Rezaeian ,  Jace Gradinetti ,  Steve B. Jiang ,  Robert Timmerman

IPC: A61N5/10 ,  G01R33/48 ,  G01R33/385 ,  G01R33/30 ,  A61B5/055 ,  A61B6/03 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B6/00

Abstract: A system for MRI-guided radiotherapy is disclosed herein. The system includes a radiotherapy apparatus in the form of a linear accelerator or heavy ion system, an MRI portion, and a patient platform. The linear accelerator portion includes a stand, a gantry coupled to the stand, and a treatment head. The gantry is configured to rotate about the stand. The treatment head is coupled to the gantry. The treatment head is configured to deliver a radiotherapy beam. A system for MRI-guided radiotherapy is disclosed herein. The system includes a radiotherapy portion and an MRI portion adjacent to the radiotherapy portion. The MRI portion includes a magnet configured to generate an inhomogeneous magnetic field.