Patent ID: 8975600
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: A61B,A61N,H05H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus configured for tomographic imaging of at least a portion of a patient using positively charged particles, comprising: a charged particle delivery system; and a charged particle delivery control system configured to control subsystems of said charged particle delivery system, said subsystems comprising: a scintillation plate; and a charged particle beam path sequentially passing from said injector system, through said accelerator system, through said extraction system, and to said scintillation plate, wherein during use negatively charged particles in said injector system convert to the positively charged particles within said conversion foil prior to entering said accelerator system, wherein the positively charged particles: (1) sequentially pass through said accelerator system, (2) traverse through said extraction system, (3) transmit into through the patient, and (4) are detected by said scintillation plate.