Patent ID: 11938342
Assignee: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS PARTICLE THERAPY GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A method performed by one or more devices, the method comprising:
receiving treatment information relating to a treatment plan for proton or ion-beam therapy to irradiate a target tissue;
receiving information associated with the proton or ion-beam therapy;
determining a beam current for a proton or ion beam based on the treatment information and the information, wherein the beam current is determined by considering a time required to deliver a certain dose to the target tissue; and
generating a control signal to cause a treatment machine to provide the proton or ion beam after the beam current is determined; wherein
the information relates to a parameter involved with an operation of a particle-accelerator of the treatment machine,
the parameter a machine parameter of a beam-position and beam-shape monitoring system involved in the proton or ion beam therapy, and
the machine parameter of the beam-position and beam-shape monitoring system is a beam parameter that the beam-position and beam-shape monitoring system is configured to monitor.