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Apparatus and method pertaining to dynamic use of a radiation therapy collimator

  • US 7,894,574 B1
  • Filed: 09/22/2009
  • Issued: 02/22/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for use in administering radiation therapy to a target volume of a patient using a radiation-therapy beam and differing angles of exposure in conjunction with a multileaf collimator, comprising:

  • at a radiation-therapy treatment-facilitation platform;

    providing treatment-plan information regarding a plurality of different angles of exposure to employ when administering the radiation therapy to the target volume;

    using the treatment-plan information to determine corresponding, and differing, aperture configurations for a second collimator that is disposed between a source for the radiation-therapy beam and the multileaf collimator to be dynamically used when administering the radiation therapy for at least some of the differing angles of exposure.

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