PARTICLE THERAPY SYSTEM

• US 20090309047A1
• Filed: 06/11/2009
• Published: 12/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Muller, Tobias, Gunzert-Marx, Konstanze, Kaiser, Werner, Hansmann, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US12/482,941
• Publication Number:
  US 20090309047A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 250/492.300
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/1087 Ions; Protons
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/10 X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy A61N5/01 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/1079 Sharing a beam by multiple treatment stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

The present embodiments relate to a particle therapy system having an accelerator unit for providing a particle beam and having a particle beam transport system for guiding the particle beam. The particle beam transport system has a first subarea by which the particle beam can be guided out from a level of the accelerator unit. A gantry-based radiation room is connected to the first subarea of the particle beam transport system. The present embodiments may also relate to a particle therapy system having foundations, where the foundations are dimensioned at one point such that a gantry-based radiation room can be retrofitted at the one point. In particular the foundations at the one point are located essentially at the same height as the foundations underneath an accelerator unit and/or underneath a particle beam transport system.

Claims

1. A particle therapy system, the system comprising:

an accelerator unit for accelerating particles and for providing a particle beam,

a particle beam transport system for guiding the particle beam provided by the accelerator unit, the particle beam transport system having a first subarea by which the particle beam can be guided out from a level on which the accelerator unit is located, and

a gantry-based radiation room that is connected to the first subarea of the particle beam transport system.

2. The particle therapy system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the gantry-based radiation room has a gantry radius that is equal in size or less than a height difference between an entry point of the particle beam transport system into the gantry of the gantry-based radiation room and a level on which the accelerator unit is located.

3. The particle therapy system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the particle beam transport system includes a second subarea by which the particle beam can be guided essentially on the level of the accelerator unit, and a further radiation room is connected to the second subarea.

4. The particle therapy system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first subarea of the particle beam transport system includes a section by which the particle beam can be guided essentially horizontally.

5. The particle therapy system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the gantry-based radiation room is connected to the horizontally routed section of the first subarea.

6. A particle therapy system, comprising foundations on which the particle therapy system are disposed, wherein the foundations are dimensioned at a point such that a gantry-based radiation room can be retrofitted at the point.

7. The particle therapy system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the particle therapy system comprises:

an accelerator unit for accelerating particles and for providing a particle beam; and

a particle beam transport system for guiding the particle beam provided by the accelerator unit,

wherein at the point at which the gantry-based radiation room can be retrofitted, the foundations are essentially located at the same height as the foundations which are located underneath the accelerator unit and underneath the particle beam transport system.

8. The particle therapy system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the particle beam transport system includes a first subarea by which the particle beam can be guided out from a level on which the accelerator unit is located.

12. The particle therapy system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the particle therapy system comprises:

an accelerator unit for accelerating particles and for providing a particle beam; and

a particle beam transport system for guiding the particle beam provided by the accelerator unit,

wherein at the point at which the gantry-based radiation room can be retrofitted the foundations are essentially located at the same height as the foundations which are located underneath the accelerator unit.

13. The particle therapy system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the particle therapy system comprises:

an accelerator unit for accelerating particles and for providing a particle beam; and

a particle beam transport system for guiding the particle beam provided by the accelerator unit,

wherein at the point at which the gantry-based radiation room can be retrofitted the foundations are essentially located at the same height as the foundations which are located underneath the particle beam transport system.

9. A method for building a particle therapy system, comprising:

providing an accelerator unit for accelerating particles and for providing a particle beam,

providing a particle beam transport system for guiding the particle beam accelerated by the accelerator unit, wherein the particle beam transport system has a first subarea by which the particle beam can be guided out from a level on which the accelerator unit is located, and

connecting a gantry-based radiation room to the first subarea of the particle beam transport system.

10. A method for retrofitting a particle therapy system which comprises:

an accelerator unit for accelerating particles and for providing a particle beam,

a particle beam transport system for guiding the particle beam provided by the accelerator unit, wherein the particle beam transport system has a first subarea by which the particle beam can be guided out from a level on which the accelerator unit is located,

connecting a radiation room to the first subarea of the particle beam transport system.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the radiation room is a gantry-based radiation room.