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Method and an arrangement for defining a radiation treatment field

  • US 3,950,651 A
  • Filed: 11/06/1974
  • Issued: 04/13/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. The method of shaping a radiation beam for the treatment of patients so that the beam cross-section conforms to the target area to be treated, comprising, in combination, the steps of mixing a volume of fine grain, heavy metal powder with a quantity of pressure sensitive, non-curing adhesive so as to form a mass of plastically deformable, radiation absorbable material, compressing said material into a block-like member of sufficient area to block said beam and sufficient thickness, considering the compressed density of the material, to absorb the radiation energy of said beam, said compression having the effect of increasing the density of said member and making that member geometrically stable, removing material from said member to form an aperture therethrough having a peripheral contour corresponding to the contour of said target area, and mounting said member in said beam so that said aperture permits a beam of the desired cross sectional shape and size to fall on said target area.

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