Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Patent
1998-09-28
2000-02-29
Jaworski, Francis J.
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
600439, A61B 500, A61B 800
Patent
active
060320672
ABSTRACT:
A system for delivering radiation to an intracorporeal target site has a controllable external radiation source 8 and a cooperable location system for controlling the radiation source to deliver radiation to the internal target site. The location system includes a reference element positionable at an internal site having a known spatial relationship with the target site, this element being configured to provide an output signal related to its location for controlling the radiation source.
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Jaworski Francis J.
Siemens Elema AB
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