Patent ID: 8243877
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a single movable kilovoltage x-ray radiation source emitting a kilovoltage x-ray beam; a dual-use collimator to contour the kiloyoltage x-ray beam to produce a wide-based pyramidal kilovoltage x-ray beam for imaging and treating pathologic lesions according to a radiation treatment plan; a treatment table having a long axis with movement in three dimensions; a wide digital radiation detector or array of detectors opposite the radiation source of adequate size in a z-axis (the long axis of the treatment table) to capture the wide-based pyramidal kilovoltage-x-ray beam for processing wherein the wide-based pyramidal kilovoltage x-ray beam is measured and imaged after it passes through a patient and the lesions; an injector device that supplies a quantity of a radiation treatment agent to a patient; an, operator station including computers and software medium to facilitate diagnostic scanning and to reconstruct images from data acquired by the wide detector capturing the wide-based pyramidal kilovoltage x-ray beam; wherein the medium stores computer-executable process steps to reconstruct medical images from data acquired by the wide detector and calculate a plan with therapeutic effects of a wide-based pyramidal kilovoltage x-ray beam radiation treatment.