Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080275341 | Device for X-Ray Brachytherapy, and Method for Positioning a Probe Introduced Into a Body for X-Ray Brachytherapy - In a system and method for x-ray brachytherapy, a probe is introduced into the body of a subject, the probe carrying an x-ray source that radiates x-rays into an exposure area outside of the probe within the body of the subject. A number of markers are located in or on the probe, that are detectable in an image generated by an imaging device. The markers are located in or on the probe in a known spatial relation to the exposure area, so that the position of the exposure area can be determined by identifying the markers in the displayed image. | 11-06-2008 |
20080298548 | Device for X-Ray Brachytherapy, and Method for Positioning a Probe Introduced Into a Body for X-Ray Brachytherapy - In a method and device for x-ray brachytherapy, a probe is inserted into and moved within a living subject, the probe having a distal end, an x-ray source carried by said probe at said distal end that irradiates an x-ray beam into an exposure area outside of the probe, a mark generator carried by said probe at said distal end that generates a mark that identifies at least a portion of said exposure area, and an optical observation system, having an optical detector carried at said distal of said probe, that generates an optical image of said at least one part of said exposure area that is identified by said marking, the marking being visible in said optical image. | 12-04-2008 |
20090131789 | DEVICE FOR X-RAY BRACHYTHERAPY, AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A PROBE INTRODUCED INTO A BODY FOR X-RAY BRACHYTHERAPY - In a method and a device for x-ray brachytherapy, a probe is inserted into the interior of the body of a subject, the probe carrying at its distal end an x-ray source that radiates x-rays into an exposure area in the body of the subject outside of the probe. The probe also contains an x-ray array that generates an ultrasound image representing at least a portion of the exposure area. A display device displays the ultrasound image to allow identification of the exposure area in the ultrasound image. | 05-21-2009 |