Patent ID: 9370668
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: A61N

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for calibrating a high-dose-rate afterloader machine, comprising: an image capturing device adapted to capture a plurality of still images or a real-time video from visible light, said image capturing device having a visual field of view, said image capturing device including a camera configured to capture the images or the real-time video in said visual field of view from said visible light, a microphone configured to detect sound levels corresponding to operation of said afterloader machine, wherein the captured images or the captured real time video and the detected sound levels provide information corresponding to at least one position of a radioactive source associated with said afterloader machine; a base plate within said visual field of view of said image capturing device; a plurality of calibration points located on said base plate within said visual field of view for identification by said image capturing device; at least one source insert, positioned on said base plate and configured to be communicatively connected to said afterloader machine, said at least one source insert being configured to position a radioactive pellet from said afterloader machine on said base plate by entry into a corresponding source insert of the at least one source insert, wherein said radioactive pellet comprises said radioactive source that is communicatively connected to a source wire configured to position the corresponding radioactive pellet on said base plate, wherein the corresponding radioactive pellet when positioned on said base plate is visible from said visible light to image capture by said image capturing device; and an adjustable shaft that is connected to said base plate and connected to said image capturing device to support said image capturing device above said base plate.