Surgery – Radioactive substance applied to body for therapy
Patent
1989-11-29
1991-08-06
Kamm, William E.
Surgery
Radioactive substance applied to body for therapy
606130, 378 65, A61N 500
Patent
active
050373749
ABSTRACT:
A system for stereotactic-guided radiation therapy, method of stereotactic-guided radiation therapy, and a collimator useful in treating a patient with stereotactic-guided radiation therapy includes a variable length pathway for the beam of radiation, the pathway having associated therewith a material substantially equivalent to the tissue of the patient, whereby the radiation beam always travels through the same distance of actual tissue and tissue equivalent material.
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Kamm William E.
Pontius Kevin
Tobor Ben D.
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