Patent ID: 9555264
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61N

Claim:
1. An apparatus for 100 to 1,000 Gy single fraction parallel microbeam radiation therapy comprising: a. parallel miniature X-ray sources based on modified carbon nanotube field emission; b. carbon nanotubes coated with metal oxide and metal oxide crystal that generates high brightness cathode with dose rate close to synchrotron radiation; c. carbon nanotubes insulated with parylene crystals that generates simultaneous high field current and high brightness cathode; d. nanometers thick transmission anode that generates high brightness X-ray beam; e. micrometers thick collimators that collimates the parallel microbeams; f. a plurality of modified carbon nanotubes coated with a metal oxide and a metal oxide crystal and insulated with parylene crystals for generating high brightness cathode and parallel X-ray sources emitting parallel microbeams radiations; g. a plurality of modified carbon nanotubes coated with a metal oxide and a metal oxide crystal and insulated with parylene crystals for generating high brightness cathode and parallel X-ray sources emitting parallel microbeams radiations wherein intensity of each of the X-ray sources is modulated; h. a plurality of modified carbon nanotubes coated with a metal oxide and a metal oxide crystal and insulated with parylene crystals for generating high brightness cathode and parallel X-ray sources emitting parallel microbeams radiations wherein intensity of each of the X-ray sources is modulated for 100 to 1000 Gy parallel microbeam radiosurgery of a tumor; i. a plurality of modified carbon nanotubes coated with a metal oxide and a metal oxide crystal and insulated with parylene crystals for generating high brightness cathode and parallel X-ray sources emitting parallel microbeams radiations wherein intensity of each of the X-ray sources is modulated for 100 to 1,000 Gy single fraction interstitial implant radiosurgery; j. a plurality of modified carbon nanotubes coated with a metal oxide and a metal oxide crystal and insulated with parylene crystals for generating high brightness cathode and parallel X-ray sources emitting parallel microbeams radiations wherein intensity of each of the X-ray sources is modulated for 100 to 1,000 Gy single fraction parallel microbeams radiosurgery with low dose valley regions and high dose regions of the parallel microbeams to spare stem cells from radiation toxicity; k. a plurality of modified carbon nanotubes coated with a metal oxide and a metal oxide crystal and insulated with parylene crystals for generating high brightness cathode and parallel X-ray sources emitting parallel microbeams radiations wherein intensity of each of the X-ray sources is modulated for 100 to 1,000 Gy single fraction parallel microbeams radiosurgery of a tumor to avoid radioresistance caused by daily lower dose radiation therapy and lasting several weeks; l. a plurality of modified carbon nanotubes coated with a metal oxide and a metal oxide crystal and insulated with parylene crystals for generating high brightness cathode and parallel X-ray sources emitting parallel microbeams radiations wherein intensity of each of the X-ray sources is modulated for 100 to 1,000 Gy single fraction parallel microbeams radiosurgery of a tumor to avoid adaptive radioresistance caused by epidermal growth factor in tumors; m. a plurality of modified carbon nanotubes coated with a metal oxide and a metal oxide crystal and insulated with parylene crystals for generating high brightness cathode and parallel X-ray sources emitting parallel microbeams radiations wherein intensity of each of the X-ray sources is modulated for 100 to 1,000 Gy single fraction parallel microbeams radiosurgery of a tumor to avoid adaptive radioresistance caused by high content epidermal growth factor in brain tumors; n. a plurality of modified carbon nanotubes coated with a metal oxide and a metal oxide crystal and insulated with parylene crystals for generating high brightness cathode and parallel X-ray sources emitting parallel microbeams radiations wherein intensity of each of the X-ray sources is modulated for 100 to 1,000 Gy single fraction parallel microbeams radiosurgery of a tumor to expose tumor antigens that initiate local and systemic tumor immunity.