MULTI-AXIS CHARGED PARTICLE CANCER THERAPY METHOD AND APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An apparatus using charged particles for irradiation of a tumor of a patient, comprising:
- a synchrotron comprising multi-axis control, said multi-axis control comprising control of;
an energy; and
an intensity,wherein said control of said energy and said control of said intensity occurs during extraction.
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Abstract
The invention comprises a multi-axis charged particle irradiation method and apparatus. The multi-axis controls includes separate or independent control of one or more of horizontal position, vertical position, energy control, and intensity control of the charged particle irradiation beam. Optionally, the charged particle beam is additionally controlled in terms of timing. Timing is coordinated with patient respiration and/or patient rotational positioning. Combined, the system allows multi-axis and multi-field charged particle irradiation of tumors yielding precise and accurate irradiation dosages to a tumor with distribution of harmful proximal distal energy about the tumor.
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53 Claims
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1. An apparatus using charged particles for irradiation of a tumor of a patient, comprising:
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a synchrotron comprising multi-axis control, said multi-axis control comprising control of; an energy; and an intensity, wherein said control of said energy and said control of said intensity occurs during extraction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for controlling charged particles, the charged particles used to irradiate a tumor of a patient, comprising the steps of:
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extracting the charged particles from a synchrotron; and controlling the charged particles along multi-axis, said multi-axis comprising; an energy; and an intensity, wherein said step of controlling said energy and said step of controlling said intensity both occur prior to the charged particles passing through a Lamberson extraction magnet in said synchrotron during said step of extracting. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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