Therapeutic facility including particle accelerator and high energy beam transport system supplying treatment stations, includes unit co-ordinating, monitoring and assuring specified irradiation beam delivery

摘要

Particles are directed to irradiation treatment stations (11, 13, 15). A unit (35) co-ordinates, monitors and assures correct particle guidance. Stations include individual control units (33). Each is connected by a first, fixed, dedicated signal link, directly to a co-ordination unit (35) signal input. Each demand for a specified particle beam to perform a specific irradiation operation, is transmitted through the dedicated link. The presence of the demand signal at the signal input, unambiguously identifies the irradiation station making the demand. An independent claim is included for the corresponding method.