Integrated cancer therapy—imaging apparatus and method of use thereof
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1. An apparatus for imaging a tumor of a patient with positively charged particles, comprising:
- a beam transport system configured to transport the positively charged particles from a synchrotron to at least the tumor of the patient along a treatment beam path;
a first imaging system comprising a first imaging beam path from a gantry to the tumor; and
a second imaging system comprising a second imaging beam path from said gantry to the tumor, said first imaging beam path, a rotation point about which the gantry rotates, and the second imaging beam path forming an angle of greater than fifty degrees,said gantry configured to physically support a set of elements comprising;
(1) at least a portion of said beam transport system, (2) at least a portion of said first imaging system, and (3) at least a portion of said second imaging system.
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Abstract
The invention comprises a positively charged particle based cancer therapy system integrated with at least one off-axis imaging system, where elements of the off-axis imaging system and the cancer therapy system are co-positioned/co-rotated with a gantry. The imaging apparatus optionally functions with a tomography system using the positively charged particles of the cancer therapy system for enhanced patient/tumor imaging at and/or prior to a time of treatment.
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1. An apparatus for imaging a tumor of a patient with positively charged particles, comprising:
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a beam transport system configured to transport the positively charged particles from a synchrotron to at least the tumor of the patient along a treatment beam path; a first imaging system comprising a first imaging beam path from a gantry to the tumor; and a second imaging system comprising a second imaging beam path from said gantry to the tumor, said first imaging beam path, a rotation point about which the gantry rotates, and the second imaging beam path forming an angle of greater than fifty degrees, said gantry configured to physically support a set of elements comprising;
(1) at least a portion of said beam transport system, (2) at least a portion of said first imaging system, and (3) at least a portion of said second imaging system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for imaging a tumor of a patient with positively charged particles, comprising the steps of:
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transporting the positively charged particles, using a beam transport system, from a synchrotron to at least the tumor of the patient along a treatment beam path; functioning a first imaging system along a first imaging beam path from a gantry to the tumor; and operating a second imaging system along a second imaging beam path from said gantry to the tumor, said first imaging beam path, the tumor, and said second imaging beam path forming an angle of greater than sixty degrees, wherein said gantry physically supports a set of elements comprising;
(1) at least a portion of said beam transport system, (2) at least a portion of said first imaging system, and (3) at least a portion of said second imaging system. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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