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US 2008/0290299 A1Published application
Particle therapy system
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsThomas Hansmann, Eike Rietzel
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Abstract
A particle therapy system is provided. The particle therapy system includes at least two acceleration units, with each of which acceleration units particles can be accelerated to at least an energy necessary for the irradiation; and a common energy selection system, connected downstream of the at least two acceleration units, with which system the energy of particles that have been accelerated by one of the acceleration units can be reduced.
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A particle therapy system, comprising:
- at least two acceleration units that are operable to accelerate particles to at least an irradiation energy level;
- and
- a common energy selection system connected downstream of the at least two acceleration units, the common energy selection system being operable to reduce the energy of particles that have been accelerated by one of the acceleration units.
An energy selection system, comprising:
- at least two beam transporting systems;
- and
- a beam-shaping element that is operable to reduce an energy level of one or more accelerated particle beams,
- wherein the at least two beam transporting systems carry at least two accelerated particle beams to the beam-shaping element.
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