Flash proton therapy apparatus and method of use thereof
OwnerSusan L. Michaud, Daniel J. Raymondinventors
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Abstract
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for treating a tumor of a patient with positively charged particles, comprising the steps of: (1) transporting the positively charged particles sequentially from an accelerator, through a beam transport line, through a nozzle, and toward a position of the tumor; (2) treating the tumor with first particles, of the positively charged particles, where at least fifty percent of the first particles pass through a patient position, from the nozzle, to a post-patient position; and (3) detecting a beam position of the first particles in the post-patient position with a detector. The flash treatment preferably delivers the first particles at a rate exceeding one MHz.
Claims15
A method for treating a tumor of a patient with positively charged particles, comprising the steps of:
- transporting the positively charged particles sequentially from an accelerator, through a beam transport line, through a nozzle, and toward a position of the tumor;
- treating the tumor with first particles, of the positively charged particles, wherein at least fifty percent of the first particles pass through a patient position, from said nozzle, to a post-patient position;
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- detecting a beam position of the first particles in said post-patient position with a detector.
An apparatus for treating a tumor of a patient with positively charged particles, comprising:
- a cancer therapy system comprising a transport path of the positively charged particles sequentially passing from an accelerator, through a beam transport line, through a nozzle, and toward a position of the tumor;
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- a detector positioned in a post-patient position relative to a treatment path from said nozzle passing through the patient position, said detector configured to detect a position of first particles, of the positively charged particles, in said post-patient position, wherein at least fifty percent of the first particles pass from said nozzle, through the patient position, to said detector, where said first particles flash treat the tumor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.