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Accelerator and method for irradiating a target volume

US8704197B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventor

Alexander Gemmel · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 29, 2011
Grant date	Apr 22, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 11, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05H2007/007
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device operable to accelerate a particle beam to an energy for irradiating a target volume. The device includes a particle accelerator operable in a first working phase in which particles of the particle beam are accelerated to the energy and a second working phase in which the particles of the particle beam are provided and extracted for irradiating the target volume. The device further includes a control device operable to interrupt an irradiation of the target volume if the target volume assumes a predetermined state. The control device is also operable to control the particle accelerator as a function of a comparison between a residual particle number stored in the accelerator and a reference value.

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