DELIVERY OF ENERGY TO A TARGET REGION OF A PATIENT'S BODY TO SATISFY THERAPEUTIC REQUIREMENTS PRECISELY

摘要

A system can deliver a specific amount of energy to a target region of a patient's body by scanning an energy beam over a precise path. The system can include a beam-path determination unit that defines the path and a duration for an energy beam to deliver a dose and/or a fluence of energy to the target region of the patient's body of the shape and/or the size. The system can also include an energy delivery system comprising an energy source that projects the energy beam for the duration and director device that directs (or scans) the energy beam along the path to deliver the dose and/or the fluence to the target region to achieve the dose profile and/or the fluence profile.