TREATMENT DELIVERY CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

摘要

The invention relates to a method and apparatus for control of a charged particle cancer therapy system. A treatment delivery control system is used to directly control multiple subsystems of the cancer therapy system without direct communication between selected subsystems, which enhances safety, simplifies quality assurance and quality control, and facilitates programming. For example, the treatment delivery control system directly controls one or more of: an imaging system, a positioning system, an injection system, a radio-frequency quadrupole system, a ring accelerator or synchrotron, an extraction system, a beam line, an irradiation nozzle, a gantry, a display system, a targeting system, and a verification system. Generally, the control system integrates subsystems and/or integrates output of one or more of the above described cancer therapy system elements with inputs of one or more of the above described cancer therapy system elements.

主权项

1. An apparatus for treating a tumor of a patient using positively charged particles, comprising:
a tomography imaging system; and a treatment delivery control system configured to control a plurality of sub-systems of a cancer therapy system, said plurality of sub-systems comprising:
an accelerator system;an extraction system;a beam transport line configured to transport the positively charged particles;an irradiation nozzle; anda gantry, wherein a charged particle beam path sequentially passes through: at least part of said injector system, said accelerator system, said extraction system, said beam transport line, said irradiation nozzle, and at least part of said gantry, wherein said tomography imaging system uses all of said accelerator system, said extraction system, said beam transport line, said irradiation nozzle; and said gantry.