Patent ID: 8637839
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a particle therapy system, the method comprising: generating and accelerating irradiation particles; generating a particle beam from at least a portion of the generated irradiation particles; automatically measuring a particle beam intensity of the particle beam; automatically sequentially irradiating a plurality of scanning points with the particle beam in accordance with a predefined irradiation plan, wherein the irradiation plan assigns an irradiation dose to each scanning point of the plurality of scanning points, and wherein a set-point value for the particle beam intensity is assigned to each scanning point of the plurality of scanning points based on the irradiation dose assigned to the scanning point by the predefined irradiation plan; and automatically influencing the particle beam intensity as a function of the measured particle beam intensity and the setpoint value of the scanning point that is to be irradiated.