Multiplexed proton tomography imaging apparatus and method of use thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10349906
APP PUB NO 20170150933A1
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15430008

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The invention comprises a multiplexed proton tomography imaging apparatus and method of use thereof. In one embodiment, a method for imaging a tumor of a patient comprises the steps of: (1) simultaneously detecting spatially resolved positively charged particle positions passing through each of a set of cross-section planes, where the cross-section planes are both prior to and posterior to the patient along a path of the positively charged particles; (2) determining a prior vector for each of the individual positively charged particles entering a patient using the detected positions; (3) determining a posterior vector for each of the individual positively charged particles exiting the patient using the detected positions; (4) generating a probable path of each positively charged particle through the patient; and (5) generating an image of the patient using the n probable proton paths and optionally a detected residual energy of each proton.

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PROTOM INTERNATIONAL HOLDING CORPORATION D/B/A PROTOM INTERNATIONAL610 PARKER SQUARE FLOWER MOUND TX 75028

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Bennett, James P Birmingham, US 50 316
Lee, W Davis Newburyport, US 99 450

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