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Title:
RADIOTHERAPY TREATED PART MONITOR, RADIOTHERAPY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011130929
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To make highly accurate monitoring possible on a treated part without using a marker.

The radiotherapy treated part monitor includes: a radiation source (X-ray apparatus 20 for monitoring) that irradiates a treating target (patient 10) with a few kinds of energies; a plurality of photon count sensors 22 that discriminate and count by each energy region the number of photons of the plurality of energy regions transmitted through the treating target; an image identification means (monitor 24 for affected part position) that identifies a treated part (affected part 10B) from others (normal part 10A) on the basis of the output of the plurality of photon count sensors.


Inventors:
TSUCHIYA KENICHIRO
Application Number:
JP2009293770A
Publication Date:
July 07, 2011
Filing Date:
December 25, 2009
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Assignee:
JFE ENG CORP
International Classes:
A61N5/10
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Satoshi Takaya
Keisuke Matsuyama
Tsuyoshi Makino