Particle therapy system

US7834334B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Sven Oliver Grözinger · Eschborn, DE
• Klaus Herrmann · Nuremberg, DE
• Eike Rietzel · Weiterstadt, DE
• Andres Sommer · Fürth, DE
• Torsten Zeuner · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 8, 2006
• Grant date: Nov 16, 2010
• Expiry date: Nov 28, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N2005/1087
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A particle therapy system for irradiating a volume of a patient to be irradiated with high-energy particles is provided. The system includes a radiation outlet of a radiation delivery and acceleration system from which a particle beam exits in order to interact with the patient positioned in an irradiation position; an imaging device for verifying the position of the volume to be irradiated in relation to the particle beam; and a patient-positioning device with which the patient can be brought into the irradiation position for irradiation. The imaging device checks the position of the volume to be irradiated in an imaging position of the patient that is spatially remote from the irradiation position, and the patient-positioning device automatically changes position between imaging position and irradiation position.