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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2012
Applicants:
Yves Claereboudt, Nil-Saint-Vincent, BE;
Thomas Colmant, Braives, BE;
Michel Closset, Avin, BE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ion Beam Applications S.A., Louvain-la-Neuve, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/02 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); G21K 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/10 (2013.01); A61N 5/1077 (2013.01); G21K 1/02 (2013.01); A61N 5/1042 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1087 (2013.01); A61N 2005/109 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1094 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1095 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for obtaining a shielding element for minimizing the penumbra of a beam of hadrons outside a target area, the hadron beam being guided in a longitudinal direction by an irradiation unit, and the beam having a width (σ). The method includes: