USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

William A Hollerman

Noel A Guardala

Ross S Fontenot

Exemplary practice of the present invention implements Europium Tetrakis Dibenzoylmethide Triethylammonium (EuDTEA) so as to administer ion beam therapy with extreme precision. An EUDTEA-inclusive marker (e.g., a solid or gel) is exactingly placed on the skin of a patient in accordance with a predetermined location of cancerous tissue beneath the skin. An ion beam aimed at the EUDTEA-inclusive marker results in luminescence of at least a portion of the EUDTEA-inclusive marker, thereby indicating that at least a portion of the ion beam is traveling through the EUDTEA-inclusive marker and striking the cancer therebelow. According to other modes of exemplary inventive practice, a medical phantom contains a tumor replica that is visibly contrastive inside the medical phantom in terms of luminescence versus non-luminescence. The tumor replica is targeted in ion beam testing to discern optimal geometric and radiative conditions for treating a correspondingly situated patient on the same treatment couch.

Luminescence-based method for planning precisely delivered ion beam therapy

Exemplary inventive practice implements Europium Tetrakis Dibenzoylmethide Triethylammonium (EuDTEA) so as to administer ion beam therapy with extreme precision. An EUDTEA-inclusive marker (e.g., a solid or gel) is exactingly placed on the skin of a patient in accordance with a predetermined location of cancerous tissue beneath the skin. An ion beam aimed at the EUDTEA-inclusive marker results in luminescence of at least a portion of the EUDTEA-inclusive marker, thereby indicating that at least a portion of the ion beam is traveling through the EUDTEA-inclusive marker and striking the cancer therebelow. According to other modes of exemplary inventive practice, a medical phantom contains a tumor replica that is visibly contrastive inside the medical phantom in terms of luminescence versus non-luminescence. The tumor replica is targeted in ion beam testing to discern optimal geometric and radiative conditions for treating a correspondingly situated patient on the same treatment couch.

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Lafayette, LA, United States of America

William A Hollerman