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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2017
James P. Bennett, Birmingham, AL (US);
Susan L. Michaud, Brewster, MA (US);
Mark R. Amato, South Hamilton, MA (US);
Jillian Reno, Beverly, MA (US);
W. Davis Lee, Newburyport, MA (US);
Nick Ruebel, Petersburgh, NY (US);
James P. Bennett, Birmingham, AL (US);
Susan L. Michaud, Brewster, MA (US);
Mark R. Amato, South Hamilton, MA (US);
Jillian Reno, Beverly, MA (US);
W. Davis Lee, Newburyport, MA (US);
Nick Ruebel, Petersburgh, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for treating a tumor using positively charged particles having passed through an intervening object, comprising the steps of: predetermining an energy reduction of the positively charged particles resultant from the positively charged particles traversing the intervening object along a beam treatment path as a function of relative rotation of the patient and the beam treatment path; generating a radiation treatment plan adjusting energy of the positively charged particles delivered from the synchrotron to the intervening object to yield a desired beam treatment energy of the positively charged particles entering the tumor after compensating for the energy reduction; and optionally detecting a set of the positively charged particles after traversing the intervening object to yield a signal, where the signal is used with knowledge of energy of the positively charged particles exiting the synchrotron to pre-determine the energy reduction along the beam treatment path.