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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2017
Scott Penfold, Charlestown, MA (US);
Mark R. Amato, South Hamilton, MA (US);
Edward Ivanov, Pawtucket, RI (US);
Jillian Reno, Beverly, MA (US);
Nick Ruebel, Petersburgh, NY (US);
Stephen Sledge, Springboro, OH (US);
Lauri Reichert, Grapevine, TX (US);
Kyle Schmanke, Plano, TX (US);
W. Davis Lee, Newburyport, MA (US);
James P. Bennett, Birmingham, AL (US);
Scott Penfold, Charlestown, MA (US);
Mark R. Amato, South Hamilton, MA (US);
Edward Ivanov, Pawtucket, RI (US);
Jillian Reno, Beverly, MA (US);
Nick Ruebel, Petersburgh, NY (US);
Stephen Sledge, Springboro, OH (US);
Lauri Reichert, Grapevine, TX (US);
Kyle Schmanke, Plano, TX (US);
W. Davis Lee, Newburyport, MA (US);
James P. Bennett, Birmingham, AL (US);
Other;
Abstract
The invention comprises an apparatus and method of use thereof for using a single patient position during, optionally simultaneous, X-ray imaging and positively charged particle imaging, where imaging a tumor of a patient using X-rays and positively charged particles comprises the steps of: (1) generating an X-ray image using the X-rays directed from an X-ray source, through the patient, and to an X-ray detector, (2) generating a positively charged particle image: (a) using the positively charged particles directed from an exit nozzle, through the patient, through the X-ray detector, and to a scintillator, the scintillator emitting photons when struck by the positively charged particles and (b) generating the positively charged particle image of the tumor using a photon detector configured to detect the emitted photons, where the X-ray detector maintains a position between said the nozzle and the scintillator during the step of generating a positively charged particle image.