Dual rotation charged particle imaging / treatment apparatus and method of use thereof
US10143854B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 9, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG21K1/08
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for imaging a tumor of a patient using one or more imaging systems positionable about the tumor and treating the tumor using positively charged particles, such as: (1) using a rotatable gantry support to support and rotate a section of a positively charged particle beam transport line about a rotation axis and a tumor of a patient; (2) using a rotatable and optionally extendable secondary support to support, circumferentially position, and laterally position a primary and optional secondary imaging system about the tumor; (3) image the tumor using the primary and optional secondary imaging system as a function of rotation and/or translation of the secondary support; and (4) treat, optionally concurrently with imaging, the tumor using the positively charged particles as a function of circumferential position of the section of the charged particle beam about the tumor.
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