Method and equipment for image-guided stereotactic...

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A61B 5/055 (2006.01) G01R 33/38 (2006.01)

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CA 2679385

A method of treating a cancerous region in a breast of a patient comprising (i) imaging the breast in a three-dimensional coordinate system, (ii) stereotactically determining the location of the cancerous region in the breast, (iii) optionally determining the volume of the entire cancerous region to be treated, and (iv) while maintaining the breast in a three-dimensional coordinate system that is identical to or corresponds with the three-dimensional coordinate system used in (i), noninvasively exposing the cancerous region of the breast of the patient to a cancer-treatment effective dose of radiation; and equipment for use in such a method.

Cette invention se rapporte à un procédé de traitement d'une zone cancéreuse du sein d'une patiente comprenant les étapes consistant à (i) visualiser le sein dans un système de coordonnées tridimensionnelles, (ii) déterminer de manière stéréotaxique l'emplacement de la zone cancéreuse du sein, (iii) éventuellement déterminer le volume de toute la zone cancéreuse à traiter, et (iv) tout en maintenant le sein dans un système de coordonnées à trois dimensions qui est identique à ou qui correspond au système de coordonnées tridimensionnelles utilisé en (i), exposer de manière non invasive la région cancéreuse du sein de la patiente à une dose d'irradiation efficace pour lutter contre le cancer; cette invention concerne également un équipement utilisable dans ce procédé.

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