Proton therapy beam alignment apparatus and method of use thereof

An apparatus for aligning a charged particle beam path for treating a tumor of a patient with positively charged particles, comprising:

• a cancer therapy system comprising the charged particle beam path sequentially passing:
• from an injector, through a synchrotron, along a beam transport line, through a nozzle, and at least to a patient position;
• a first two-dimensional detector configured to measure a beam state of the positively charged particles;
• an integrated intelligent system configured to classify the beam state into a beam shape comprising at least one of:
• an x-axis shift, a y-axis shift, and an oblong shape, said integrated intelligent system configured to correct the beam shape through application of a condition-action rule:
• (1) adjusting a first voltage delivered to a first magnet positioned in said beam line prior to said first two-dimensional detector and (2) altering the beam shape through application of a second voltage to a second magnet position in said beam line adjacent to said first magnet.