Hadron therapy installation comprising an imaging device

    公开(公告)号:US10124191B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-13

    申请号:US14426913

    申请日:2013-09-10

    摘要: The invention relates to a hadron therapy installation that comprises an irradiation unit (1) supported by a rotary support structure, so as to be able to rotate around a target volume (15) centered on the axis of rotation (22), to deliver a treatment beam (17) from different angles on the target volume (15). An imaging device (3, 4) is secured in rotation with the irradiation unit (1) and translatable relative to the irradiation unit (1) between a retracted position at the irradiation unit (1) and a lateral deployed position relative to the target volume (15), such that in its deployed position, the imaging device (3, 4) can rotate around the target volume (15) together with the irradiation unit (1). Such an installation can be used for a cone beam computed tomography method and/or a fluoroscopic imaging method on a patient to be treated in the hadron therapy installation.

    PARTICLE THERAPY APPARATUS COMPRISING AN MRI
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180099158A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-12

    申请号:US15727544

    申请日:2017-10-06

    发明人: Caterina BRUSASCO

    IPC分类号: A61N5/10 G01R33/421

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to a particle therapy apparatus for irradiating a target with a charged particle beam. In one implementation, the apparatus includes an isocentric gantry rotatable about an axis and configured to direct a particle beam towards an isocenter of gantry and according to a final beam direction, a magnetic resonance imaging system configured to generate a main magnetic field parallel to the final beam direction, and a passive magnetic shield surrounding the magnetic resonance imaging system, the passive magnetic shield and the magnetic resonance imaging system being synchronously rotatable with the gantry about the axis.

    Process and installation for producing radioisotopes

    公开(公告)号:US09941027B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-10

    申请号:US14350524

    申请日:2012-10-10

    IPC分类号: G21G1/10

    CPC分类号: G21G1/10

    摘要: The invention relates to a method for producing a radioisotope, which method comprises irradiating a volume of radioisotope-precursor fluid contained in a sealed cell of a target using a beam of particles of a given current, which beam is produced by a particle accelerator. The target is cooled and the internal pressure in the sealed cell is measured. During the irradiation, the internal pressure (P) in the sealed cell is allowed to vary freely. The irradiation is interrupted or its intensity is reduced when the internal pressure (P) in the sealed cell departs from a first tolerated range defined depending on various parameters that influence the variation in the internal pressure in the sealed cell during the irradiation. These parameters for example comprise, for a given target, particle beam and radioisotope-precursor fluid: the degree of filling of the hermetic cell, the cooling power used to cool the given target, and the beam current (I). The invention also relates to an installation for implementing the method.

    Hadron therapy installation with moving floor

    公开(公告)号:US09901752B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-27

    申请号:US14426892

    申请日:2013-09-10

    发明人: Vincent Piret

    IPC分类号: A61N5/10

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to a hadron therapy installation comprising a moving floor in the form of a deformable band guided in a guide structure. The moving floor comprises a lower segment and an upper segment. The lower segment can be pulled by the irradiation unit from a lower docked position to a position in which the lower segment forms a substantially horizontal floor surface when the irradiation unit is in a first angular position. The upper segment can be pulled by the irradiation unit from an upper docked position to a position in which the upper segment at least partially forms the substantially horizontal floor surface when the irradiation unit is in a second angular position. The lower segment and the upper segment may have a finite length and a counterweight further connected to the free end of the upper segment.

    Accessory holder for particle beam apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US09789343B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-17

    申请号:US14779790

    申请日:2014-03-26

    IPC分类号: A61N5/10

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to an accessory holder attachable to or integrated in the nozzle of an apparatus for particle beam irradiation treatment. The accessory may be an aperture piece, a range shifter or any other element that can be placed in the beam path between the outer end of the nozzle and the irradiated target. The accessory holder may be equipped with first displacement means for moving the accessory away from or towards the nozzle, thereby moving the accessory forwards and backwards in the direction of the beam and second displacement means for moving the accessory into or out of the beam path. Measurements or treatment steps may be performed with and without the accessory in the beam path, without interrupting the treatment.