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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2016
James P. Bennett, Birmingham, AL (US);
Stephen L. Spotts, Argyle, TX (US);
W. Davis Lee, Newburyport, MA (US);
Susan L. Michaud, Brewster, MA (US);
James P. Bennett, Birmingham, AL (US);
Stephen L. Spotts, Argyle, TX (US);
W. Davis Lee, Newburyport, MA (US);
Susan L. Michaud, Brewster, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The invention comprises a positively charged particle based cancer therapy system integrated with at least one off-axis imaging system, where elements of the off-axis imaging system and the cancer therapy system are co-positioned/co-rotated with a gantry. The imaging apparatus optionally functions with a tomography system using the positively charged particles of the cancer therapy system for enhanced patient/tumor imaging at and/or prior to a time of treatment.