Orthovoltage radiotherapy
First Claim
1. A method, for treating diseased tissue with radiation, comprising:
- selecting a target disease from among a plurality of diseases, each of the plurality of diseases having an associated therapeutic dose of radiation;
determining, based on the target disease, a maximal energy in an x-ray radiation beam to be emitted from a radiotherapy system to deliver substantially the therapeutic dose of radiation associated with the target disease to target tissue in a patient;
wherein diseases of the plurality of diseases require differing maximal energies of the x-ray radiation beam to achieve the associated therapeutic dose of radiation than the maximal energy required to achieve the associated therapeutic dose of radiation for another disease of the plurality of diseases; and
outputting to an output module an indication of the determined maximal energy.
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Abstract
Methods described herein include selecting a target disease having an associated therapeutic dose of radiation, determining a maximal energy in an x-ray radiation beam to be emitted from a radiotherapy system to deliver a therapeutic dose of radiation associated with the target disease to target tissue in a patient, the selected disease of the plurality of diseases requiring differing maximal energies of the x-ray radiation beam to achieve the associated therapeutic dose of radiation than the maximal energy required to achieve the associated therapeutic dose of radiation for another disease, and outputting to an output module an indication of the determined maximal energy. Methods carried out in a system that can include a processing module that receives an input including a selection of a target disease, and an output module, coupled to the processing module, that outputs, an indication of the determined maximal energy.
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1. A method, for treating diseased tissue with radiation, comprising:
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selecting a target disease from among a plurality of diseases, each of the plurality of diseases having an associated therapeutic dose of radiation; determining, based on the target disease, a maximal energy in an x-ray radiation beam to be emitted from a radiotherapy system to deliver substantially the therapeutic dose of radiation associated with the target disease to target tissue in a patient; wherein diseases of the plurality of diseases require differing maximal energies of the x-ray radiation beam to achieve the associated therapeutic dose of radiation than the maximal energy required to achieve the associated therapeutic dose of radiation for another disease of the plurality of diseases; and outputting to an output module an indication of the determined maximal energy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system, for treating diseased tissue with radiation, comprising:
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a processing module that receives an input, the input comprising a selection of a target disease from among a plurality of diseases, each of the plurality of diseases having an associated therapeutic dose of radiation, the processing module further determining, based on the target disease, a maximal energy in an x-ray radiation beam to be emitted from a radiotherapy system to deliver substantially the therapeutic dose of radiation associated with the target disease to target tissue in a patient; wherein the maximal energy in the x-ray radiation beam is based on the selected target disease and beam energy attenuation due to any tissue overlying the target tissue; and an output module, coupled to the processing module, that outputs, based on the input, an indication of the determined maximal energy. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method, for treating diseased tissue with radiation, comprising:
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selecting a target disease from among a plurality of diseases, the plurality of diseases having associated therapeutic doses of radiation; determining, based on the target disease, a maximal energy in an x-ray radiation beam to be emitted from a radiotherapy system to deliver substantially the therapeutic dose of radiation associated with the target disease to target tissue in a patient; outputting to an output module an indication of the determined maximal energy; and inputting a maximum voltage to an x-ray tube of the radiotherapy system to a value of between about 30 kV and about 300 kV, based on the determined maximal energy. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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