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Inner gantry

  • US 10,279,199 B2
  • Filed: 02/14/2018
  • Issued: 05/07/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a patient support to hold a patient;

    a synchrocyclotron to produce a proton or ion beam having an energy level sufficient to reach a target in the patient, the energy level being at least 150 MeV;

    a gantry on which the synchrocyclotron is mounted to move the synchrocyclotron through a range of positions around the patient on the patient support; and

    scanning elements that act on the proton or ion beam output from the synchrocyclotron, the scanning elements being between the patient and a location at which the proton or ion beam exits the synchrocyclotron.

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