Patents Assigned to IBA, S.A.
  • Patent number: 8053736
    Abstract: A detector response correction arrangement and method is proposed for online determination of correction factors for arbitrary positions from arbitrary incident fluence distributions. As modern radiotherapy utilizes more of the available degrees of freedom of radiation machines, dosimetry has to be able to present reliable measurements for all these degrees of freedom. To determine correction factors online during measurement, Monte Carlo technique is used to precalculate fluence pencil kernels from a monodirectional beam to fully describe the particle fluence in an irradiated medium. Assuming that the particle fluence is not significantly altered by the introduction of a small detector volume, the fluence pencil kernels (212) can be integrated (214), and correction factors (216) determined, e.g. by Cavity Theory, in different positions for the detector material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: IBA S.A.
    Inventors: Anders Ahnesjo, Karin Eklund, Goran Rikner, Camilla Ronnqvist, Erik Grusell
  • Patent number: D488214
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: IBA, S.A.
    Inventor: Patrick Quantin