Patent ID: 11918831
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 7:
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
providing a set of fiducial indicators, said set of fiducial indicators comprising:
a set of fiducial markers; and
a set of fiducial detectors;

placing said fiducial indicators on each of a set of objects in a treatment room, said set of objects comprising said nozzle;
detecting photons from said set of fiducial markers with said set of fiducial detectors;
determining a relative position of said nozzle and the tumor using output from said set of fiducial detectors; and
targeting the tumor, with the positively charged particles, with the relative position of said nozzle system and the tumor.