A radiation therapy system that includes a radiation source that moves
about a path and directs a beam of radiation towards an object and a
cone-beam computer tomography system. The cone-beam computer tomography
system includes an x-ray source that emits an x-ray beam in a cone-beam
form towards an object to be imaged and an amorphous silicon flat-panel
imager receiving x-rays after they pass through the object, the imager
providing an image of the object. A computer is connected to the
radiation source and the cone beam computerized tomography system,
wherein the computer receives the image of the object and based on the
image sends a signal to the radiation source that controls the path of
the radiation source.