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    • 51. 发明授权
    • Radiotherapy apparatus
    • 放射治疗仪
    • US08139718B2
    • 2012-03-20
    • US12740291
    • 2007-10-30
    • Kevin BrownRalph StreamerDuncan Bourne
    • Kevin BrownRalph StreamerDuncan Bourne
    • G21K1/04A61N5/10
    • A61N5/1049A61N5/1042A61N5/1067A61N2005/1061
    • Realtime beam shape adjustment in response to (for example) online CT scanning of a patient during treatment is assisted by the radiotherapy apparatus comprising a source adapted to emit a beam of therapeutic radiation, a collimator for delimiting the radiation beam, the collimator comprising a plurality of leaves arranged alongside each other and be moveable longitudinally so that the tips of the leaves define a variable edge of the collimator, the leaves being mounted on a support that is moveable laterally with respect to the leaves. In this way, movements of the tumor that are perpendicular to the direction of leaf motion can be accommodated by simply moving the collimator bodily so as to accommodate this. It is preferred that the apparatus also includes a control means adapted to receive information as to the location of the target volume, and, on the basis of that information, control the longitudinal positions of the leaves and the lateral position of the support. It is also preferred that the support tilts as it moves laterally along a path. This can be achieved, by example, by bearings that are moveable on suitable guides, or by mounting the support on a plurality of pivot arms of unequal lengths. The lengths of such pivot arms can be adjusted as necessary.
    • 响应于(例如)治疗期间患者的在线CT扫描的实时波束形状调整由包括适于发射治疗辐射束的源的放射治疗装置辅助,用于限定辐射束的准直器,准直器包括多个 的叶片彼此并排设置并且可纵向移动,使得叶片的尖端限定准直器的可变边缘,叶片安装在相对于叶片横向移动的支撑件上。 以这种方式,垂直于叶片运动方向的肿瘤的运动可以通过简单地移动准直器以适应这一点来适应。 优选地,该装置还包括适于接收关于目标体积的位置的信息的控制装置,并且基于该信息控制叶片的纵向位置和支撑件的横向位置。 还优选的是,当支撑件沿着路径横向移动时,支撑件倾斜。 这可以通过例如通过在合适的导轨上可移动的轴承,或者通过将支撑件安装在不等长度的多个枢轴臂上来实现。 这种枢转臂的长度可以根据需要进行调节。
    • 52. 发明申请
    • Respiration-correlated radiotherapy
    • 呼吸相关放疗
    • US20120051515A1
    • 2012-03-01
    • US12870256
    • 2010-08-27
    • Kevin Brown
    • Kevin Brown
    • A61N5/10H05G1/30G06T7/00
    • A61N5/1049A61N5/1037A61N5/1065A61N5/1068A61N2005/1061G06T7/246G06T2207/10081G06T2207/10116G06T2207/30096
    • An approach to radiotherapy is disclosed which allows the therapeutic beam to be more accurately directed towards a target region. Instead of stopping acquiring images during treatment, the system continues to acquire images as treatment is ongoing. This ongoing pipeline of images is used to update the previously created 3D reconstructions of each breathing phase. Thus the position of the target region can also be updated. The surrogate is recorded simultaneously with the image acquisition although it is not used to determine the breathing phase. As new images are used to update the 3D reconstructions of each breathing phase the values of the surrogate associated with that phase are also updated. This means that the correlation with the surrogate can also continue to be evaluated, and the correlation refined, thus improving the ability of the system to track the motion of the target.
    • 公开了放射治疗方法,其允许治疗束更准确地指向目标区域。 治疗期间,系统不会停止获取图像,而是随着治疗进行而继续获取图像。 这种持续的图像流水线用于更新先前创建的每个呼吸阶段的3D重建。 因此,也可以更新目标区域的位置。 替代物与图像采集同时记录,尽管它不用于确定呼吸阶段。 当新图像用于更新每个呼吸阶段的3D重建时,与该阶段相关联的代理的值也被更新。 这意味着与代理的相关性也可以继续进行评估,相关性得到改善,从而提高了系统跟踪目标运动的能力。
    • 53. 发明授权
    • Radiotherapeutic apparatus
    • 放射治疗仪
    • US08059782B2
    • 2011-11-15
    • US11886031
    • 2006-03-01
    • Kevin Brown
    • Kevin Brown
    • A61N5/10G21K1/04
    • A61N5/1042A61N5/1047
    • The present invention seeks to provide a radiotherapeutic apparatus that mitigates the various problems found in the techniques such as tomotherapy, IMAT, IMRT and the like. It provides a radiotherapeutic apparatus comprising a source of radiation whose output is collimated by a multi-leaf collimator, and a patient support, the source being rotatable around the support and the support being translatable along the axis of rotation, thereby to move the source helically relative to a patient on the support. The leaves of the MLC are preferably oriented orthogonal to the axis of rotation, to simplify computation of the dose distribution. The apparatus thus moves the patient on the patient support system along the axis of rotation, in the longitudinal direction. Thus, the device has an effectively unlimited treatable volume in the longitudinal direction and avoids the limitations of IMAT and IMRT techniques whilst enabling the use of thin MLC leaves to give a high longitudinal resolution. The apparatus is preferably combined with an optimization system providing a computational service similar to that provided for IMAT and IMRT devices. Essentially the same computational techniques could be used, with appropriate changes to the input conditions and characteristic equations. The long aperture length (compared to tomotherapy) makes the radiation delivery efficient and therefore the delivery of high doses a practicality; hypofractionation and radiosurgery therefore become possible over large treatable volumes.
    • 本发明寻求提供减轻诸如tomotherapy,IMAT,IMRT等技术中发现的各种问题的放射治疗装置。 它提供了一种放射治疗装置,其包括其输出被多叶准直器准直的辐射源,以及患者支架,该源可围绕支撑件旋转,并且支撑件可沿着旋转轴线平移, 相对于患者的支持。 MLC的叶优选地定向为与旋转轴正交,以简化剂量分布的计算。 因此,该装置使患者沿纵向方向沿旋转轴线移动患者支撑系统。 因此,该装置在纵向上具有有效的无限可处理体积,并避免了IMAT和IMRT技术的限制,同时能够使用薄的MLC叶片提供高的纵向分辨率。 该装置优选地与提供与为IMAT和IMRT设备提供的计算服务类似的优化系统组合。 可以使用基本相同的计算技术,适当地改变输入条件和特征方程。 长孔径长度(与tomotherapy相比)使得放射线递送效率高,因此高剂量的递送具有实用性; 因此,低分割和放射外科可以在大的可治疗体积下成为可能。
    • 55. 发明申请
    • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A CONNECTOR WITH INTEGRATED POWER OVER ETHERNET FUNCTIONALITY
    • 用于以太网功能的集成电源的连接器的方法和系统
    • US20110217873A1
    • 2011-09-08
    • US12752065
    • 2010-03-31
    • Wael William DiabKevin Brown
    • Wael William DiabKevin Brown
    • H01R13/66
    • H01R13/66
    • Aspects of a method and system for a connector with integrated power over Ethernet functionality are provided. In this regard, one or more circuits and/or processors that reside within and/or on a connector may be operable to manage a supply power that is delivered over a cable based on characteristics of the connector and/or characteristics of the cable. The cable may carry the supply power while concurrently carrying data communications. The one or more circuits and/or processors may be operable to source and sink the supply power. The one or more circuits and/or processors may be operable to control which one or more conductors of the cable are utilized for conveying the supply power.
    • 提供了具有集成以太网功能的连接器的方法和系统的方面。 在这方面,驻留在连接器内和/或连接器上的一个或多个电路和/或处理器可以用于基于电缆的特性和/或电缆的特性来管理通过电缆传送的电源。 电缆可以携带电源同时携带数据通信。 一个或多个电路和/或处理器可以可操作地来源和吸收电源。 一个或多个电路和/或处理器可操作以控制电缆的哪一个或多个导体用于传送电力。
    • 58. 发明申请
    • Radiotherapeutic apparatus
    • US20100329422A1
    • 2010-12-30
    • US12739206
    • 2007-10-24
    • Kevin BrownRalph StreamerPaul BoxallDuncan BourneChristopher James Gibson
    • Kevin BrownRalph StreamerPaul BoxallDuncan BourneChristopher James Gibson
    • A61N5/10
    • A61N5/103A61N5/1036A61N5/1042
    • A radiotherapeutic apparatus comprises a source able to emit a beam of therapeutic radiation along a beam axis, a multi-leaf collimator arranged to collimate the beam to a desired shape, wherein the source is rotateable about a rotation axis that is substantially orthogonal and intersects with the beam axis thereby to describe an arc around that axis, and further comprises a control means able to control the dose/time rate of the source, the rotation speed of the source, and the multi-leaf collimator position. The control means is arranged to receive a treatment plan in which the arc is divided into a plurality of notional arc-segments, and specifying the total dose for the arc-segment and a Start and end MLC position. It then controls the source in accordance with that plan over an first arc-segment such that at least one of the rotation speed and dose rate are constant and the multi-leaf collimator changes shape, and a second arc segment such that at least one of the rotation speed and dose rate are constant at a level different to the constant level adopted during the first arc-segment. It achieves this by calculating the total time required for the arc segment for a plurality of factors including an MLC leaf movement from a prescribed position at the start of the arc-segment to a prescribed position at the end of the arc-segment, at a maximum leaf speed, rotation of the source from the start to the end of the arc-segment at a maximum source rotation speed, delivery of the dose at a maximum dose rate per time, selecting the factor dictating the longest time, and Controlling the apparatus so that the selected factor operates at its respective maximum and the remaining factors are operated at a reduced rate selected to match that longest time, wherein the total time required for the arc segment for at least one factor relating to a moving geometry item is the greater of (a); a time required to complete the segment at a continuous defined upper speed for the geometry item and (b) a time required to accelerate the geometry item until it is travelling at the defined upper speed. Generally, the time required to accelerate the geometry item to the defined upper speed will include a time to accelerate the geometry item to that speed, and a further time to accelerate the geometry item beyond that speed and subsequently decelerate it until travelling at that speed.