发明申请
- 专利标题: PROTON - X-RAY DUAL/DOUBLE EXPOSURE IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF
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申请号: US15413066申请日: 2017-01-23
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公开(公告)号: US20170128747A1公开(公告)日: 2017-05-11
- 发明人: James P. Bennett , Kyle Schmanke , Lauri Reichert , Stephen Sledge , Nick Ruebel , Jillian Reno , Edward Ivanov , Mark R. Amato , Scott Penfold , W. Davis Lee
- 申请人: James P. Bennett , Kyle Schmanke , Lauri Reichert , Stephen Sledge , Nick Ruebel , Jillian Reno , Edward Ivanov , Mark R. Amato , Scott Penfold , W. Davis Lee
- 主分类号: A61N5/10
- IPC分类号: A61N5/10 ; A61B6/00
摘要:
The invention comprises an X-ray—positively charged particle double/dual exposure imaging apparatus and method of use thereof. Double exposure imaging of a tumor of a patient is performed using detector hardware responsive to both X-rays and positively charged particles. A near-simultaneous double exposure yields enhanced resolution due to the imaging rate versus patient movement, no requirement of a software overlay step of the X-ray based image and the positively charged particle based image, and enhancement of an X-ray image, the enhancement resultant from a differing physical interaction of the positively charged particles with the patient compared to interactions of X-rays and the patient. Further, resolution enhancements utilize individual particle tracking, as measured using detection screens, to determine a probable intra-patient path. Residual energy positively charged particles are optionally used to generate a second or dual image at a secondary detector, such as a detector detecting scintillation resultant from proton absorbance.
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