Method of integrated proton beam and therapeutic magnetic resonance therapy
AssigneeIppp, LLC
InventorRonald J. Weinstock
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Abstract
A method of therapeutic treatment including the steps of modulated application of a time domain radiation beam to a therapeutic target; and providing a time domain application of a modulated magnetic resonance (MR) signal to the therapeutic target during the periods of application out-of-phase with energy peaks of the radiation beam.
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The method as recited in claim 11, in which said radiation beam comprises a proton beam.
The method as recited in claim 11, in which said radiation beam comprises an X-ray beam.
The method as recited in claim 11, in which said magnetic MR signal comprises an electron magnetic resonance (EMR) signal.
The method as recited in claim 11, further comprising the step of:
- furnishing said MR signal by a conductive toroid, directed at said therapeutic target.
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A method of therapeutic treatment, comprising the steps of:
- (a) application of a time domain radiation beam to a therapeutic target;
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- (b) a time domain application of a modulated magnetic resonance (MR) signal to said therapeutic target during periods of beam application at least partially out-of-phase with energy peaks of said radiation beam, in which said MR signal defines a wave form substantially inverse to that of a stand-alone MR response associated with tissue abnormality of said target tissue, to thereby increase, decrease or nullify abnormal MR peaks of said stand-alone response thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.