APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCALIZING THE BRAGG PEAK OF A HADRON BEAM TRAVERSING A TARGET TISSUE BY MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

The present disclosure relates to a method and a medical apparatus for visualizing a hadron beam traversing an organic body. In one implementation, the method may include capturing a magnetic resonance (MR) image including a volume of irradiated excitable atoms surrounding a hadron beam and having a...

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Main Authors PRIEELS Damien, HENROTIN Sébastien, VAN DER KRAAIJ Erik, BRUSASCO Caterina
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 12.04.2018
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DIAGNOSIS
ELECTROTHERAPY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MAGNETOTHERAPY
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
RADIATION THERAPY
SURGERY
ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Summary:The present disclosure relates to a method and a medical apparatus for visualizing a hadron beam traversing an organic body. In one implementation, the method may include capturing a magnetic resonance (MR) image including a volume of irradiated excitable atoms surrounding a hadron beam and having a magnetic susceptibility modified by the hadron beam captured as a hyposignal. For example, a hyposignal may be obtained by saturating the spins of the irradiated excitable atoms before capturing an MR image based on excitation of excitable atoms not affected by the hadron beam.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201715727379