RADIATION TREATMENT SYSTEMS

摘要

Disclosed are radiation treatment systems with enhanced control architectures that enable more complex treatment plans to be implemented, and radiation treatment systems with enhanced resistance to the effect of neutrons. An exemplary control architectures comprises: a digital packet network; a supervisor electrically coupled to the digital packet network and having a treatment plan; and a plurality of nodes, each node coupled to digital packet network and controlling one or more treatment-related components of the radiation treatment system; and wherein the supervisor periodically communicates control orders to the nodes over the digital packet network.

主权项

1. A radiation treatment system for providing radiation to a patient, the system comprising:
a plurality of treatment-related components that coordinate to provide the radiation to the patient according to a treatment plan; a digital packet network; a supervisor control entity communicably coupled to the digital packet network and having the treatment plan; and a plurality of nodes, each node coupled to the digital packet network and controlling one or more of the treatment-related components, each node controlling a different set of one or more of the treatment-related components, wherein the plurality of nodes implement the treatment plan for the patient, wherein the supervisor control entity is configured to:
periodically communicate commands to the nodes over the digital packet network, each of the commands to a node specifying one or more actions to be performed by the node; andperiodically provide timing signals to the nodes so as to synchronize the actions performed by the nodes.