Susan L Michaud

US Patent:

20210387022, Dec 16, 2021

Filed:

Jul 23, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/383836

Inventors:

Daniel J. Raymond - Windham NH, US
Artur Teymurazyan - Shrewsbury MA, US
Ran Tu - Malden MA, US
Susan L. Michaud - Brewster MA, US

International Classification:

A61N 5/10
A61B 6/03
G21K 1/093
G21K 5/04
G21K 1/087

Abstract:

The invention comprises a method and apparatus for aligning a charged particle beam path for treating a tumor of a patient, comprising: a cancer therapy system comprising the charged particle beam path sequentially passing: from an injector, through a synchrotron, along a beam transport line, and through a nozzle; a first two-dimensional detector configured to measure a beam state of positively charged particles; and an integrated intelligent system configured to classify the beam state into a set of beam shape factors, the integrated intelligent system configured to correct the beam shape through application of a condition-action rule: (1) adjusting a first voltage delivered to a first magnet positioned in the beam line prior to the first two-dimensional detector and (2) altering the beam shape through application of a second voltage to a second magnet position in the beam line adjacent to the first magnet.