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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2001
Thomas Haberer, Darmstadt, DE;
Michael Kraemer, Darmstadt, DE;
Gerhard Kraft, Darmstadt, DE;
Wilma Kraft-Weyrather, Darmstadt, DE;
Dieter Schardt, Darmstadt, DE;
Michael Scholz, Darmstadt, DE;
Ulrich Weber, Darmstadt, DE;
Aleksiy Dolinski, Darmstadt, DE;
Hartmut Eickhoff, Darmstadt, DE;
Bernhard Franczak, Darmstadt, DE;
Udo Krause, Darmstadt, DE;
Juergen Klabunde, Darmstadt, DE;
Ludwig Dahl, Darmstadt, DE;
Marius Pavlovic, Darmstadt, DE;
Ulrich Ratzinger, Darmstadt, DE;
Bernhard Schlitt, Darmstadt, DE;
Joerg Pawelke, Grosserkmannsdorf, DE;
Rainer Hinz, Dresden, DE;
Wolfgang Enghardt, Radeberg, DE;
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH, Darmstadt, DE;
Abstract
An ion beam therapy system and method for operating the system includes a source of ions ( ), an accelerator system ( ) and an ion beam transport system ( ) for directing an ion beam to a plurality of treatment stations ( ) to treat patients. The ion beam transport system ( ) includes a gantry ( ) carrying a vertical deflection system ( ) and horizontal deflection system ( ) positioned upstream from a last bending magnet (65) so as to provide a parallel scanning mode by an edge focusing effect.