Jillian Reno;Scott Penfold;Mark R. Amato;Nick Ruebel;Edward Ivanov;Stephen Siedge;Kyle Schmanke;W. Davis Lee;Lauri Reichert;James P. Bennett
发明人:
Scott Penfold,Mark R. Amato,Edward Ivanov,Jillian Reno,Nick Ruebel,Stephen Siedge,Lauri Reichert,Kyle Schmanke,W. Davis Lee,James P. Bennett
申请号：
US15412885
公开号：
US20170128029A1
申请日:
2017.01.23
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
The invention comprises an apparatus and method of use thereof for using a single patient position during, optionally simultaneous, X-ray imaging and positively charged particle imaging, where imaging a tumor of a patient using X-rays and positively charged particles comprises the steps of: (1) generating an X-ray image using the X-rays directed from an X-ray source, through the patient, and to an X-ray detector, (2) generating a positively charged particle image: (a) using the positively charged particles directed from an exit nozzle, through the patient, through the X-ray detector, and to a scintillator, the scintillator emitting photons when struck by the positively charged particles and (b) generating the positively charged particle image of the tumor using a photon detector configured to detect the emitted photons, where the X-ray detector maintains a position between said the nozzle and the scintillator during the step of generating a positively charged particle image.
