Patent ID: 8688197

Claim:
A method for positioning a tumor of a patient for treatment with positively charged particles, comprising the steps of: positioning the patient with a patient positioning system, said patient positioning system comprising an upper body support, wherein said upper body support comprises a semi-upright patient support surface; after said step of positioning, collecting multi-field images of the tumor in the patient; developing a tumor irradiation plan; repositioning the tumor using said patient positioning system; after said step of repositioning, verifying position of the tumor; irradiating the tumor of the patient with the positively charged particles from a charged particle system, said charged particle system comprising a charged particle beam path, said charge particle beam path passing within about six inches of said semi-upright patient support surface; repeating said step of irradiating in at least four rotation positions; controlling an energy of the charged particle using an accelerator in said charged particle system, said accelerator comprising: a set of at least ten coils; a set of at least ten wire loops; and a set of at least ten microcircuits, each of said at least ten microcircuits integrated to a corresponding one of said at least ten wire loops, wherein each of said at least ten wire loops completes at least one turn about at least one of said at least ten coils; and using a radio-frequency synthesizer, sending a low voltage signal to each of said at least ten microcircuits, each of said at least ten microcircuits amplifying said low voltage signal yielding an acceleration voltage.