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(88) Date of publication A3: 13.11.2014 (43) Date of publication: 23.03.2016 Bulletin 2016/12 (21) Application number: 14768227.2 (22) Date of filing: 21.03.2014

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 18/12(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2014/031428 (87) International publication number: WO 2014/153502 (25.09.2014 Gazette 2014/39)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME (30) Priority: 21.03.2013 US 201361804094 P 10.04.2013 US 201361810436 P 22.10.2013 US 201361894097 P (71) Applicant: Weinberg Medical Physics LLC Bethesda, MD 20817 (US)	(72) Inventor: WEINBERG, Irving N. Bethesda, Maryland 20817 (US) (74) Representative: Strehl Schübel-Hopf & Partner  Maximilianstrasse 54 80538 München 80538 München (DE)