摘要:
The invention is related to an apparatus and method for charged hadron therapy verification by detecting and/or quantifying prompt gammas produced when irradiating a target (6) with a charged hadron beam. The apparatus comprises a collimator (1) provided with a slit-shaped portion (2) configured to be arranged perpendicularly to the beam line and facing the target, a detection means (3,4) suitable for detecting said prompt gammas and a calculation and representation means. In the apparatus and method of the invention, the slit is configured to allow the passage of prompt gammas emitted from a range of depths in said target (6), said depths being measured in the direction of the charged hadron beam. Furthermore, said detection means is configured to detect prompt gammas emitted from each location within said range, and said calculation and representation means is configured to derive from a detected prompt gamma a value representative of the dose at the location from where said prompt gamma is emitted, and to represent a dose-related distribution for a plurality of locations within said range.
摘要:
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a method for reconstructing a spatial position of a conduit arranged to accommodate a radiotherapeutic radioactive source, The method includes displacing an object emitting radiation inside the conduit prior to the administration of a treatment, detecting said radiation using detectors; generating data upon detecting the said radiation using a processor; and reconstructing the spatial position of the conduit by the processor based on the said data to identify a delivery path of the treatment.
摘要:
A method of aligning the radiation beam in a radiotherapy system comprising a source for producing a beam of radiation and a device for imaging from the beam, both mounted so as to be rotatable about an axis using a fiducial phantom between the source and the device, the method comprising: rotating the beam and device in a trajectory about the axis while obtaining a plurality of images of the fiducial phantom from a plurality of different angles, determining from each image of the fiducial phantom the position of the source at the rotational position the image was obtained, and calculating the centre of rotation of the positions of the source to define the isocentre of the system. The invention enables the alignment of a collimator with the source of radiation, the reduction of asymmetry in beam intensity, and is also applicable to magnetic resonance-guided radiotherapy.
摘要:
The present invention provides a therapeutic system that is widely applicable to general solid cancers, can achieve both a reduction in side effects of cancer therapy and suppression of cancer recurrence and metastasis, and requires no expensive drug such as an antibody; and a nanoparticle for internal radiation therapy. A system for internal radiation therapy of a vascular lesion site comprising: a device comprising a means for acquiring image data showing a position of a vascular lesion site, and a means for positioning a needle, which should be punctured into the vascular lesion site, at the vascular lesion site based on the image data; and a nanoparticle comprising an amphiphilic block polymer comprising a hydrophilic block having a sarcosine unit and a hydrophobic block having a lactic acid unit, and a substance labeled with a ²-ray emitting nuclide. The nanoparticle for internal radiation therapy.
摘要:
The X-ray therapy system includes a gantry (11), a positron emission tomography (PET) detection device (12) provided in the gantry (11), and an irradiation unit (15) provided in the gantry (11) and configured to radiate X-rays to a patient. The PET detection device (12) has a pair of photon detection units (13) and photon detection unit-moving devices (14) configured to move the pair of photon detection units (13) with respect to the gantry (11).