MODULAR PATIENT SUPPORT SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a radiation treatment system for accurately delivering radiation to a targeted site within a cancer patient that includes a modular patient support system and a patient positioner.

SOLUTION: The modular patient support system includes a modularly expandable patient pod 200 and at least one immobilization device, such as a rigid moldable foam cradle. The patient pod includes a generally hemi-cylindrical support shell 212 that extends longitudinally between proximal edge 214 and distal edge 216, and transversely between two lateral edges 222, 224. In one embodiment, the lateral edges are tapered to minimize edge effects that result when radiation beams traverse the lateral edges.

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