Patent ID: 11889612
Assignee: TAE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method for selecting a raster profile for scanning a proton beam across a target, the method comprising:
establishing, using a computer processing system, a plurality of possible raster profiles for scanning the proton beam across the target, each of the plurality of possible raster profiles comprising one or more beam parameters, each of the one or more beam parameters characterizing a property of the proton beam and one or more path parameters characterizing a path of the proton beam across the target;
establishing, using the computer processing system, one or more target parameters characterizing the target;
calculating, using the computer processing system, a value of a figure of merit for each of the plurality of possible raster profiles, wherein the figure of merit is based on a thermal loading of the target by the proton beam for a respective possible raster profile of the plurality of possible raster profiles; and
selecting, using the computer processing system, the raster profile from among the plurality of possible raster profiles based on the value of the figure of merit.