ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,465, issued on Dec. 16.

"Image guided radiotherapy apparatus and control method therefor" was invented by Jianrong Dai (Beijing), Chuanmeng Niu (Beijing), Yanfei Li (Baoji, China), Hao Zha (Beijing), Pan Ma (Beijing), Shirong Wang (Beijing), Fugen Zhou (Beijing), Hongda Li (Beijing), Minghui Li (Beijing), Guozheng Lv (Baoji, China), Xiangfei Chai (Beijing), Baoying Peng (Beijing) and Jinyan Zhang (Baoji, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image guided radiotherapy apparatus and a control method are provided. According to a specific embodiment, the radiotherapy apparatus includes: a treatment unit, which includes a treatment head...