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Methods, systems, and associated implantable devices for radiation dose verification for therapies used to treat tumors

  • US 6,963,771 B2
  • Filed: 09/04/2003
  • Issued: 11/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for evaluating external beam radiation therapy delivered to a subject, comprising:

  • placing at least one wireless implantable sensor in a first subject at a target location;

    administering a first dose or sub-dose amount of external beam radiation therapy into the first subject, wherein the implantable sensor comprises a radiation sensor that is unpowered during exposure to ionizing radiation associated with he administering step;

    obtaining radiation data from the at least one wireless implantable sensor; and

    calculating a radiation dose amount received by the first subject at the target location based on the radiation data obtained from the at least one wireless sensor during and/or after exposure to the first administered dose of the radiation therapy to determine and/or verify a dose amount of radiation delivered to the target location.

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