Device for irradiation therapy with charged particles
AssigneeIon Beam Applications S.A.
InventorMark Kats
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Abstract
The present invention is related to a device for irradiating a patient with a charged particle beam, comprising a number of beam channels attached to a vertical wall, wherein a deflection magnet is present at the end of each channel. This deflection magnet is able to deflect the beam in the vertical plane over a given angle range. The couch whereon the patient is reclining is mobile in the vertical plane, so that the combined movement of the patient, and the variable deflection of the beam allow one point in the patient to be irradiated from several angles in the vertical plane.
Claims9
A device for irradiating a patient by a charged particle beam, said device comprising a plurality of beam channels each connected to a beam source, each of said channel being fixed in a vertical plane, said device further comprising:
- one deflecting magnet at the end of each channel, said magnet capable of deflecting the beam over a deflection angle in said vertical plane, and
- a patient positioning system, comprising means to move the patient in said vertical plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.