Susan L. Michaud;Jillian Reno;W. Davis Lee;Mark R. Amato;Nick Ruebel;James P. Bennett
发明人:
Susan L. Michaud,Jillian Reno,Nick Ruebel,Mark R. Amato,W. Davis Lee,James P. Bennett
申请号：
US15467915
公开号：
US20170197097A1
申请日:
2017.03.23
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for treating a tumor of a patient using positively charged particles, comprising the steps of: (1) providing an approved current version of a radiation treatment plan for treatment of the tumor using the positively charged particles； (2) implementing the current version of the radiation treatment plan using a cancer therapy system comprising a controller linked to a synchrotron； (3) upon identifying an object, using a set of fiducial indicators, in a treatment vector of the radiation treatment plan: generating a modified version of radiation treatment plan and receiving medical doctor approval of the modified version of the radiation treatment plan, the modified version of the radiation plan becoming the current version of the radiation treatment plan； and (4) repeating the steps of implementing and identifying until completion of treatment of the tumor using the positively charged particles.
