Imaging device for radiation treatment applications
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a rotatable gantry including a treatment source;
a first arm coupled to the rotatable gantry at a first coupling point, and the arm having a pivot point separate from the first coupling point;
an imaging source coupled to a source end of the first arm;
a different second arm coupled to the rotatable gantry at a different second coupling point; and
an image detector coupled to the imaging end of the second arm.
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Abstract
A radiotherapy clinical treatment machine is described having a rotatable gantry and an imaging device with articulating robotic arms to provide variable positioning and clearance for radiation treatment applications. According to one aspect of the invention, a first and a second robotic arms are pivotally coupled to the rotatable gantry, allowing the robotic arms to maneuver independently from the rotatable gantry.
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47 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a rotatable gantry including a treatment source; a first arm coupled to the rotatable gantry at a first coupling point, and the arm having a pivot point separate from the first coupling point; an imaging source coupled to a source end of the first arm; a different second arm coupled to the rotatable gantry at a different second coupling point; and an image detector coupled to the imaging end of the second arm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method to perform a clinical treatment, comprising:
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independently positioning a first arm and a second arm with respect to where the first and second arm are coupled to a rotatable gantry to receive target volume data, the first arm coupled to the rotatable gantry at a first coupling point, and the first arm having a pivot point separate from the first coupling point, the second arm coupled to the rotatable gantry at a second coupling point, wherein the first arm is positioned from a clearance position and wherein the gantry includes a treatment source; wherein the first arm comprises a diagnostic radiation source and the second arm comprises an imager; wherein the treatment source comprises a source of treatment radiation separate from the diagnostic radiation source; determining a treatment position for a treatment beam based on the target volume information; applying the treatment beam upon maneuvering the treatment source to the treatment position. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus, comprising:
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a gantry having a treatment source; an imaging source to emit imaging radiation on a target volume; an imaging means to receive the radiation from the imaging source; and means for positioning the imaging source and the imaging means, wherein the means for positioning includes the gantry pivotally coupled to the imaging source and imaging means at coupling points, wherein the means for positioning includes a first arm separate from the gantry, the first arm coupled to the gantry at a first coupling point, the first arm including a pivot point separate from the coupling point and including the imaging source, wherein the means for positioning includes a second arm separate from the gantry, the second arm coupled to the gantry at a second coupling point, and the second arm having the imaging means, and wherein the positioning includes transitioning between a clearance position and an imaging position. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An apparatus, comprising:
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a rotatable gantry including a treatment source; a first arm coupled to the rotatable gantry at a first coupling point, and having a pivot point separate from the first coupling point; and a different second arm coupled to the rotatable gantry at a different second coupling point; a plurality of imaging sources coupled to the first arm; and an image detector coupled to the second arm, the image detector to receive radiation from the plurality of radiation sources. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. An apparatus, comprising:
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a rotatable gantry including a treatment source; a first arm coupled to the rotatable gantry at a first coupling point, and the first arm having a first pivot point separate from the coupling point; an imaging source coupled to a source end of the first arm; a second arm coupled to the rotatable gantry at a different second coupling point, the second arm having a second pivot point; and an image detector coupled to the imaging end of the second arm. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An apparatus, comprising:
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a rotatable gantry including a treatment source; a first arm coupled to the rotatable gantry at a first coupling point, and the first arm having three pivot points; an imaging source coupled to a source end of the first arm; a second arm coupled to the rotatable gantry at a different second coupling point; and an image detector coupled to an imaging end of the second arm. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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45. An apparatus, comprising:
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a rotatable gantry including a treatment source; a first arm coupled to the rotatable gantry at a first coupling point, and the first arm having a pivot point separate from the coupling point; an imaging source coupled to a source end of the first arm; a second arm coupled to the rotatable gantry at a second coupling point, the second arm having three pivot points; and an image detector coupled to an imaging end of the second arm. - View Dependent Claims (46)
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47. An apparatus comprising:
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a rotatable gantry including a treatment source; a first arm coupled to the rotatable gantry at a first coupling point, and having a pivot point separate from the first coupling point, the first arm having at least one radiation source; a second arm coupled to the rotatable gantry at a second different coupling point, the second arm having a first radiation detector at a first location, and a second radiation detector at a second location, the first and second radiation detectors to capture radiation from the at least one radiation source, and wherein the first and second radiation detectors are off-set radially from the at least one radiation source to provide data to generate a stereoscopic representation of a target volume.
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