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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2010
Jean-claude Amelia, Erquelinnes, BE;
Frederic Genin, Ottignies, BE;
Jean-Claude Amelia, Erquelinnes, BE;
Frederic Genin, Ottignies, BE;
Ion Beam Applications, Louvain-Neuve, BE;
Abstract
Therapy system () for irradiating a target volume () of a patient () with a charged particle beam (), including a beam generator (), a beam transport system (), and a nozzle () for distributing the beam to the target volume (), the nozzle () being, when in operation, under vacuum. The therapy system comprises an X-ray device () which is rotatably mounted inside the nozzle () between a first position and a second position. In the first position, an X-Ray source () within the X-Ray device is able to emit X-Rays along a charged particle beam path for generating an X-Ray image on a corresponding X-Ray receiving device () arranged opposite to the patient (), said X-Ray image serving to determine a correct position of the target volume () with regard to the charged particle beam (). In the second position, the X-Ray device () is set outside of a charged particle beam treatment path envelope (), so that the charged particle beam () can reach and irradiate the target volume ().