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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Yves Jongen, Louvain-la-Neuve, BE;
Frédéric Stichelbaut, Mazy, BE;
Inventors:
Yves Jongen, Louvain-la-Neuve, BE;
Frédéric Stichelbaut, Mazy, BE;
Assignee:
Ion Beam Applications S.A., Louvain-la-Neuve, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention is related to the field of charged Hadron Therapy, i.e. radiation therapy using strongly interacting particles. More particularly, the invention relates to a detector and method for measuring the beam range of a charged hadron beam in a target object as well as the particle dose distribution in the target object.