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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2018
Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL (US);
Protonvda Inc., Naperville, IL (US);
Don F. Dejongh, Batavia, IL (US);
Ethan A. Dejongh, Batavia, IL (US);
Kirk Duffin, Batavia, IL (US);
Nicholas Karonis, Batavia, IL (US);
Caesar Ordoñez, Batavia, IL (US);
John Winans, Batavia, IL (US);
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Dekalb, IL (US);
PROTONVDA LLC, Naperville, IL (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented system and method for generating a medical image is provided. In some embodiments, the medical image is generated by determining a location and an alignment for a first tracking detector with respect to a particle beam system. The direction of a beam generated from the particle beam system is determined. A first position of a first particle from a detected particle hit on the first tracking detector is also determined. A determination is made as to a first residual range of the first particle from a detected particle hit on a residual range detector. The system reconstructs a path for the first particle based on the location, the alignment, the first position, and the first residual range of the first particle. The resulting medical image that is generated by the system is based on the reconstructed path for the first particle.