Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for monitoring the range of a particle beam
- Patent Title (中): 用于监测粒子束范围的方法和装置
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Application No.: US14491743Application Date: 2014-09-19
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Publication No.: US09364688B2Publication Date: 2016-06-14
- Inventor: Guntram Pausch , Christian Golnik , Wolfgang Enghardt , Guillaume Janssens , Damien Prieels , Julien Smeets , Francois Vander Stappen
- Applicant: ION BEAM APPLICATIONS, S.A. , Technische Universität Dresden , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V.
- Applicant Address: DE Louvain-la-Neuve DE Dresden DE Dresden
- Assignee: ION BEAM APPLICATIONS, S.A.,TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DRESDEN,HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM DRESDEN-ROSSENDORF E.V.
- Current Assignee: ION BEAM APPLICATIONS, S.A.,TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DRESDEN,HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM DRESDEN-ROSSENDORF E.V.
- Current Assignee Address: DE Louvain-la-Neuve DE Dresden DE Dresden
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
- Priority: DE102013218982 20130920; EP14169907 20140526
- Main IPC: G21K1/02
- IPC: G21K1/02 ; A61N5/10 ; G01T1/29 ; G01T1/24
Abstract:
The invention is related to a method for monitoring a range of a particle beam in a target. The method is using gamma detectors for detecting prompt gammas produced in the target. The time differences between the time of detecting a gamma quantum and a time of emission of a particle or a bunch of particles from the radiation device are determined. A statistical distribution of those time difference is used to deduce information related to the range of the beam. The invention is also related to an apparatus for monitoring a range based on measured time profiles of detected prompt gammas.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150087882A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE RANGE OF A PARTICLE BEAM Public/Granted day:2015-03-26
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