Charged particle system and methods for irradiating a planning target volume
AssigneeThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
InventorAlejandro Carabe-Fernandez
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Abstract
A method for irradiating a planning target volume with charged particles includes delivering the charged particles to the planning target volume with a charged particle therapy system including a charged particle beam path and a gantry configured to rotate about the planning target volume and to direct the charged particle beam path; rotating the gantry, during an irradiation session, to a plurality of positions; during the rotation, irradiating the planning target volume with the charged particles at a first energy level at one or more of the plurality of positions.
Claims21
A method for irradiating a planning target volume with charged particles, comprising the steps of:
- delivering the charged particles to the planning target volume with a charged particle therapy system including:
- a charged particle beam path;
- and
- one or more charged particle beam path direction devices from the group consisting of a gantry configured to rotate about the planning target volume and a patient positioning device configured to rotate the planning target volume;
- rotating the charged particle beam path direction devices, during an irradiation session, to a plurality of positions within at least one arc about the planning target volume;
- and
- during the rotation, irradiating the planning target volume with the charged particles at a first energy level at one or more of the plurality of positions such that, at each of the one or more of the plurality of positions, the charged particle beam path terminates within the planning target volume to produce a Bragg peak within the planning target volume.
A charged particle system comprising
- a charged particle beam path including charged particles;
- and
- one or more charged particle beam path direction devices from the group consisting of a gantry configured to rotate about a planning target volume and a patient positioning device configured to rotate the planning target volume, the charged particle beam path direction devices configured to deliver charged particles while rotating, such that the charged particle beam path terminates within the planning target volume to produce a Bragg peak within the planning target volume.
A method for irradiating a planning target volume with charged particles, comprising the steps of:
- delivering the charged particles to the planning target volume with a charged particle therapy system including:
- a charged particle beam path;
- and
- one or more charged particle beam path direction devices from the group consisting of a gantry configured to rotate about the planning target volume and a patient positioning device configured to rotate the planning target volume;
- rotating the charged particle beam path with reference to the planning target volume, during an irradiation session, to a plurality of positions within at least one arc about the planning target volume;
- and
- during the rotation, irradiating the planning target volume with the charged particles at a first energy level at one or more of the plurality of positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.