X-RAY METHOD AND APPARATUS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CHARGED PARTICLE CANCER THERAPY SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An X-ray apparatus as part of a particle beam cancer therapy system, said particle beam cancer therapy system irradiating a tumor of a patient with a charged particle beam during use, said apparatus comprising:
- an X-ray generation source located within forty millimeters of the charged particle beam, wherein said X-ray source maintains a single static position;
(1) during use of said X-ray source and (2) during tumor treatment with the charged particle beam,wherein X-rays emitted from said X-ray source run substantially in parallel with the charged particle beam.
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Abstract
The invention comprises an X-ray method and apparatus used in conjunction with charged particle radiation therapy of cancerous tumors. The system uses an X-ray beam that lies in substantially the same path as a charged particle beam path of a particle beam cancer therapy system, has an elongated lifetime, and/or that is synchronized with patient respiration. The system creates an electron beam that strikes an X-ray generation source where the X-ray generation source is located proximate to the proton beam path. By generating the X-rays near the proton beam path, an X-ray path that is essentially the proton beam path is created. Using the generated X-rays, the system collects X-ray images of a localized body tissue region about a cancerous tumor, which are usable for: fine tuning body alignment relative to the proton beam path and/or to control the proton beam path to accurately and precisely target the tumor.
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1. An X-ray apparatus as part of a particle beam cancer therapy system, said particle beam cancer therapy system irradiating a tumor of a patient with a charged particle beam during use, said apparatus comprising:
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an X-ray generation source located within forty millimeters of the charged particle beam, wherein said X-ray source maintains a single static position;
(1) during use of said X-ray source and (2) during tumor treatment with the charged particle beam,wherein X-rays emitted from said X-ray source run substantially in parallel with the charged particle beam. - 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)
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25. An X-ray method as part of a particle beam cancer therapy system, said particle beam cancer therapy system irradiating a tumor of a patient with a charged particle beam during use, said method comprising the steps of:
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generating X-rays with an X-ray generation source located within forty millimeters of the charged particle beam, wherein said X-ray source maintains a single static position;
(1) during use of said X-ray source and (2) during tumor treatment with the charged particle beam,wherein the X-rays emitted from said X-ray source run substantially in parallel with the charged particle beam. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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