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| 20080237495 | Particle Therapy System - A particle therapy system for irradiating a volume of a patient to be irradiated with high-energy particles is provided. The system includes a radiation outlet of a radiation delivery and acceleration system from which a particle beam exits in order to interact with the patient positioned in an irradiation position; an imaging device for verifying the position of the volume to be irradiated in relation to the particle beam; and a patient-positioning device with which the patient can be brought into the irradiation position for irradiation. The imaging device checks the position of the volume to be irradiated in an imaging position of the patient that is spatially remote from the irradiation position, and the patient-positioning device automatically changes position between imaging position and irradiation position. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080240349 | Radiation Therapy System and Methods For Planning a Radiation Therapy of a Patient, and For Patient Positioning - The present embodiments relate to a device for obtaining image data for planning a radiation therapy of a patient. The device includes a CT gantry and a patient positioning unit. The patient positioning unit is designed in such a way that the patient can be brought in space into any desired body position in which the radiation therapy is also carried out. The CT gantry is arranged in a freely moveable fashion in such a way that imaging for the purpose of radiation therapy planning can be carried out in this body position of the patient. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080267349 | Particle Therapy - A particle therapy facility has a particle accelerator, a therapy control system and at least one treatment room, where the particle accelerator accelerates particles and supplies them to the treatment room via an adaptation unit in order to irradiate a volume which is to be irradiated in a patient, and where the treatment room has a patient positioning device for positioning the patient relative to a scan area of the adaptation unit and at least one fluoroscopy system for continuously obtaining fluoroscopic image data from the patient in an area around the scan area, and where the therapy control system is designed for online evaluation of the fluoroscopic image data for movement of the volume which is to be irradiated and/or of the adjoining tissue and/or organs arranged around it and/or markers implanted in the patient which are depicted in the fluoroscopic images, and for output of a control signal for the adaptation unit which (control signal) adapts a particle beam direction and/or a particle energy to the movement, and/or for output of the control signal for a beam interruption unit for irradiating the volume which is to be irradiated on the basis of movement states. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080272284 | Calibrating a Positron Emission Tomography Scanner - A method for calibrating a positron emission tomography scanner of a radiation therapy device is provided. The method includes applying at least one defined radiation dose in a sample body; measuring the activity generated by the radiation dose using the positron emission tomography scanner; and calibrating the positron emission tomography scanner based on the measured activity. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080290299 | PARTICLE THERAPY SYSTEM - A particle therapy system is provided. The particle therapy system includes at least two acceleration units, with each of which acceleration units particles can be accelerated to at least an energy necessary for the irradiation; and a common energy selection system, connected downstream of the at least two acceleration units, with which system the energy of particles that have been accelerated by one of the acceleration units can be reduced. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080292158 | Method and Device for Planning a Treatment - A device for planning an irradiation is provided. The device includes an evaluation module with an input for receiving input data, a memory and an output for outputting determined output data. The evaluation module is designed for using the input data that includes the type and number of the imaging units present, variables characterizing the tumor and/or variables characterizing the patient, in order to determine the output data that includes the type of the imaging unit, the frequency of use of the imaging unit and/or the parameters for setting the imaging unit to be used in the form of an imaging plan with the aid of a functional relationship, which is based on experience, stored in the memory. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080304623 | CONTROL UNIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEM, AND RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEM - A control system for controlling a radiation therapy system is provided. The control system includes a sensor operable to measure a pressure in the interior of a body; and a control unit operable to output a control signal for a beam interruption unit as a function of a pressure status in the interior of the body. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090018430 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MEDICAL IMAGE AND AN IMAGING DEVICE - A method for examining a patient in a medical imaging device is provided. The method includes measuring a pressure inside the body of the patient over a period of time during the examination, recording measurement data originating in the patient while the examination is in progress, reconstructing the medical image from the recorded measurement data, wherein the recording of the measurement data is controlled by the measured pressure and/or wherein the measured pressure is taken into account while the medical image is being reconstructed from the recorded measurement data. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090020707 | Particle beam application apparatus, radiation device and method for guiding a particle beam - The present embodiments relate to a particle beam application apparatus for shaping and guiding a particle beam. The particle beam application apparatus comprises a first collimator for shaping a cross-sectional profile of a particle beam entering the collimator, whereby the first collimator has an aperture which is customized to a target volume to be irradiated, and a magnet system for deflecting the particle beam which is arranged in the beam path of the particle beam downstream of the first collimator, whereby the magnet system can be used to generate a magnetic field with which the particle beam can be fanned out spectrally. The invention also relates to a radiation device having such a particle beam application apparatus, and a method for guiding a particle beam in which a particle beam is customized to a target volume by means of a collimator and is then directed by means of a magnet system, as a result of which the particle beam is cleansed of scattered radiation. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090020711 | A PARTICLE BEAM APPLICATION DEVICE AND AN IRRADIATION DEVICE AS WELL AS A METHOD FOR GUIDING A PARTICLE BEAM - The invention relates to a particle beam application device for directing a particle beam at a target volume for irradiating the target volume. A beam shaping device which can be disposed in a beam path of the particle beam shapes a cross-sectional profile of the particle beam, the beam shaping device being implemented such that, after shaping, the particle beam has a line-like cross-sectional profile. A controller varies the relative position of the particle beam and target volume during an irradiation run, the controller being implemented such that, by changing the relative position, the particle beam with the line-like cross-sectional profile can be scanned over the target volume to be irradiated. A line-like cross-sectional profile of a particle beam is formed for guiding a particle beam. A trajectory of the particle beam is variably changed in a direction parallel to the beam trajectory direction. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090062937 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF SIGNALS - A system for wireless transmission of signals is provided. The system includes a mobile operator unit that is operable to transmit signals; and a base unit of a safety-critical device that is operable to receive signals from the mobile operator unit. The mobile operator unit is operable to categorize the signals to be transmitted as safety-relevant control signals and non-critical communication signals. Only the safety-relevant control signals are checked for error-free transmission. The non-critical communication signals are transmitted without error safety checking. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090069640 | CONTROL OF A MEDICAL SYSTEM - A control device for a medical system is provided. The medical system may be a medical diagnosis and/or medical therapy system. The medical system may include a control unit operable to be used to carry out control processes that control the medical system, and a mobile handheld control unit operable to control at least one controllable element of the medical system by a user. The control device may be configured so that one or more control processes may only be carried out by the control unit when the mobile handheld control unit is located at a predefined location. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090095921 | Device for Irradiating Tumour Tissue in a Patient With a Particle Beam - There is proposed a device for the slice-by-slice irradiation of tumour tissue ( | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090122963 | Apparatus for Supporting a Patient For Radiation Therapy - An apparatus for supporting a patient during radiation therapy includes a treatment table that is pivotable about a horizontal axis, and a laser measurement system which is designed to indicate a non-horizontal orientation of the treatment table to be adopted during the radiation therapy. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090184260 | Positioning device for positioning a patient and method for operating a positioning device - The invention relates to a positioning device for positioning a patient in a medical device comprising a patient receiving device for placing a patient and a robot arm having a plurality of movement axes for positioning the patient receiving device in a room. The positioning device can be placed into a manual operating mode in which a position of the patient receiving device in the room can be changed manually. The invention also relates to a method for operating the positioning device, comprising: providing a normal operating mode for positioning the patient receiving device automatically at a position predefined by a control device; providing a manual operating mode for manually changing a position of the patient receiving device; and switching from the normal operating mode into the manual operating mode if a switchover condition is present. The invention further relates to an irradiation device having the positioning device. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090230327 | Particle therapy apparatus and method for modulating a particle beam generated in an accelerator - The invention relates to a particle therapy apparatus having an accelerator for generating a particle beam, a passive energy modulator comprising an absorber element, and a control entity. The control entity is designed to switch between an active adjustment of the energy in the accelerator and a passive energy modulation by the energy modulator, for the purpose of changing the energy of the particle beam from a high energy level to a low energy level in a step-by-step manner. In particular, this has the effect of shortening the dead times when changing between the energy levels. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090261275 | Particle therapy system, method for determining control parameters of such a therapy system, radiation therapy planning device and irradiation method - A method for determining control parameters of a therapy system for an irradiation sequence of a target volume to be irradiated from an irradiation direction is provided. The method includes automatically splitting up the target volume into a number of subvolumes, each of the subvolumes being no greater than the maximum scanning volume, and each of the volume elements being comprised in at least one subvolume, automatically determining a patient position and/or patient holder position as a first control parameter in which one of the subvolumes is arranged in the scanning area, and automatically determining a particle “sub” number for each volume element of a subvolume as a second control parameter, such that the sum of all the particle “sub” numbers of a first volume element corresponds to the required particle number of the first volume element. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090279662 | CARRYING OUT AND MONITORING IRRADIATION OF A MOVING OBJECT - A system for carrying out or monitoring irradiation of a moving object using a particle beam is provided. A particle beam may be directed onto the moving object from a beam outlet. X-ray images from different directions are recorded by an imaging unit. The imaging unit may include an x-ray detector and an x-ray emitter opposite the x-ray detector. The imaging unit may be positioned around the object independently of the position of the beam outlet, for example, during application of the particle beam. The X-ray images may be used to reconstruct a series of digital tomosynthesis images of the moving object online. The reconstructed digital tomosynthesis images are evaluated so that movement of the moving object is captured and the irradiation profile is controlled. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090281658 | MEDICAL FACILITY AND METHOD OF DOCKING A POSITIONING DEVICE WITH A SHUTTLE - A medical facility having a room in which a shuttle may be disposed is provided. The shuttle may include a support device and a carrying device for the support device. The medical facility may include a positioning device designed for docking with the shuttle and a control unit for controlling the positioning device. The medical facility may also include a position detection system for determining the spatial position of the shuttle in the room. The control unit is operable to control the positioning device during docking with the shuttle based on the determined position. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090285357 | Automatic Patient Positioning System - A patient positioning system for positioning a patient relative to radiographic equipment. The system includes: a 3D optical imaging system for optically scanning the patient, such 3D optical imaging system having a focal plane and providing, for each position on the object, data representative of the intensity of reflected energy received by the system from such position and data representative of distance from such position on the object to the focal plane; a table apparatus for supporting the patient and for moving the table relative to the radiographic equipment in response to positioning signals; and a processor responsive to data from the radiographic equipment and the data from the a 3D optical imaging system for producing the positioning signals. The system enables a method for displaying temporal changes in a patient positioned with a bore of radiographic equipment. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090314969 | PARTICLE BEAM GENERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH MEASUREMENT OF THE BEAM SPOT OF THE PARTICLE BEAM - A device to measure the beam spot of a particle beam, has a device that records the projections of the beam spot in many directions that are essentially perpendicular to the direction of the particle beam, and an analysis device that reconstructs a two-dimensional cross section profile of the particle beam from the recorded projections. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090321656 | VERIFYING THE ENERGY OF A PARTICLE BEAM - A method for verifying the energy of a particle beam is provided. The method includes accelerating charged particles to a predefined energy in an acceleration apparatus, forming a particle beam from the acceleration apparatus and guiding the particle beam by means of a transport apparatus, deflecting the particle beam using at least one magnet, measuring a position of the particle beam in a direction, which is ideally but not necessarily perpendicular to the beam direction, and verifying an actual energy of the particle beam using the measured position. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100088339 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING AN IRRADIATION PLAN AND IRRADIATION FACILITY - A method and device for selecting an irradiation plan, and irradiation facility is provided. The method may include, in a first phase, detecting a plurality of planning data records in which a target volume for irradiating and with varying position is represented in a target object, and creating an irradiation plan for each of these planning data records, and, in a second phase, which follows the first phase, recording a verification data record, comparing the verification data record with the plurality of planning data records with respect to similarity, selecting a planning data record from the plurality of planning data records which has the greatest similarity to the verification data record, selecting the irradiation plan which is associated with the selected planning data record, and to a device for carrying out the method and to an irradiation facility having such a device. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100266170 | Methods and Systems for Fully Automatic Segmentation of Medical Images - Methods and systems dedicated to automatic object segmentation from image data are provided. In a first step a fuzzy seed set is generated that is learned from training data. The fuzzy seed set is registered to image data containing an object that needs to be segmented from a background. In a second step a random walker segmentation is applied to the image data by using the fuzzy seed set as an automatic seeding for segmentation. Liver segmentation, lung segmentation and kidney segmentation examples are provided. | 10-21-2010 |
