US Patent Issued to HITACHI HIGH-TECH on Sept. 15 for "Radiotherapy device comprising a positioning device, and positioning method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,373, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to HITACHI HIGH-TECH Corp. (Tokyo).

"Radiotherapy device comprising a positioning device, and positioning method" was invented by Takaaki Fujii (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positioning device, a radiotherapy device, and a positioning method enable accurate patient positioning while reducing calculation time. A plurality of X-ray fluoroscopic images are obtained by imaging a patient along each of a plurality of imaging axes in a direction different from a plurality of movement axes along which a treatment couch moves translationally. A plurality of simulated-X-ray fluoroscopic images a...