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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2008
Applicants:
Thomas Hansmann, Heidelberg, DE;
Eike Rietzel, Darmstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Thomas Hansmann, Heidelberg, DE;
Eike Rietzel, Darmstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A particle therapy system is provided. The particle therapy system includes at least two acceleration units, with each of which acceleration units particles can be accelerated to at least an energy necessary for the irradiation; and a common energy selection system, connected downstream of the at least two acceleration units, with which system the energy of particles that have been accelerated by one of the acceleration units can be reduced.