Patents by Inventor Arao Nishimura

Arao Nishimura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10143436
    Abstract: The particle therapy system includes a particle beam generator for generating a particle beam; an irradiation nozzle arranged in a treatment room and irradiating a target with the particle beam; a particle beam transport system communicating the particle beam generator with the irradiation nozzle; an X-ray imaging device arranged in the treatment room and imaging the position of the target through irradiation with X-rays; a dosimeter arranged at a position passed by the particle beam in the irradiation nozzle; and a control apparatus performing control to exclude the measurement result of the X-rays from the measurement result obtained using the dosimeter when the X-rays are emitted during treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Arao Nishimura, Koji Matsuda, Ryosuke Shinagawa, Taisuke Takayanagi, Masahiro Tadokoro, Takao Kidani, Hideaki Nihongi, Kikuo Umegaki, Taeko Matsuura
  • Patent number: 9492684
    Abstract: The present invention provides a particle therapy system including an irradiation compensating device made up of an energy absorber, a first collimator, and a second collimator for use in a short-range region. The irradiation compensating device is characterized by a mechanism for attaching and detaching the first energy absorber, first collimator, and second collimator. The first collimator is located upstream where the beam diameter is small with a view to suppressing the width of the compensating device, thereby contributing to making the compensating device small and lightweight. The second collimator is located downstream to improve penumbrae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taisuke Takayanagi, Koji Matsuda, Ryosuke Shinagawa, Chihiro Nakashima, Arao Nishimura, Hiroki Shirato, Taeko Matsuura, Shinichi Shimizu, Rikiya Onimaru, Kikuo Umegaki
  • Patent number: 9415241
    Abstract: The charged particle beam irradiation system includes a charged particle beam generating unit, scanning electromagnets, a beam irradiation apparatus, beam radiation dose measuring instrument(s), and a beam position measuring instrument for obtaining one or both of the position and the width of the beam scanned by the scanning electromagnets. The beam position measuring instrument obtains one or both of the position and the width of the beam for each irradiation spot and determines whether the obtained result is within an allowable range and obtains one or both of the position and the width of the charged particle beam for each split during irradiation to the spot with the charged particle beam regarding a split of which a dose is managed by dividing a part of or all of irradiation spots into irradiation sections and determines whether the obtained result is within an allowable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Koji Matsuda, Ryosuke Shinagawa, Masahiro Tadokoro, Arao Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20150374324
    Abstract: There is provided a particle therapy system including: a particle beam generator for generating a particle beam; an irradiation nozzle arranged in a treatment room and irradiating a target with the particle beam; a particle beam transport system 6 communicating the particle beam generator with the irradiation nozzle; an X-ray imaging device arranged in the treatment room and imaging the position of the target through irradiation with X-rays; a dosimeter 8 arranged at a position passed by the particle beam in the irradiation nozzle; and a control apparatus 400 performing control to exclude the measurement result of the X-rays from the measurement result obtained using the dosimeter 8 when the X-rays are emitted during treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Arao NISHIMURA, Koji MATSUDA, Ryosuke SHINAGAWA, Taisuke TAKAYANAGI, Masahiro TADOKORO, Takao KIDANI, Hideaki NIHONGI, Kikuo UMEGAKI, Taeko MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20150352372
    Abstract: The present invention provides a particle therapy system including an irradiation compensating device made up of an energy absorber, a first collimator, and a second collimator for use in a short-range region. The irradiation compensating device is characterized by a mechanism for attaching and detaching the first energy absorber, first collimator, and second collimator. The first collimator is located upstream where the beam diameter is small with a view to suppressing the width of the compensating device, thereby contributing to making the compensating device small and lightweight. The second collimator is located downstream to improve penumbrae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Taisuke TAKAYANAGI, Koji MATSUDA, Ryosuke SHINAGAWA, Chihiro NAKASHIMA, Arao NISHIMURA, Hiroki SHIRATO, Taeko MATSUURA, Shinichi SHIMIZU, Rikiya ONIMARU, Kikuo UMEGAKI
  • Publication number: 20150273241
    Abstract: The charged particle beam irradiation system includes a charged particle beam generating unit, scanning electromagnets, a beam irradiation apparatus, beam radiation dose measuring instrument(s), and a beam position measuring instrument for obtaining one or both of the position and the width of the beam scanned by the scanning electromagnets. The beam position measuring instrument obtains one or both of the position and the width of the beam for each irradiation spot and determines whether the obtained result is within an allowable range and obtains one or both of the position and the width of the charged particle beam for each split during irradiation to the spot with the charged particle beam regarding a split of which a dose is managed by dividing a part of or all of irradiation spots into irradiation sections and determines whether the obtained result is within an allowable range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Koji Matsuda, Ryosuke Shinagawa, Masahiro Tadokoro, Arao Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20150238780
    Abstract: A scanning magnet of an irradiation nozzle is controlled to irradiate the ion beam irradiated from a synchrotron accelerator to a target position Pi,j of a spoti,j in a certain layer Li of a target volume, using a scanning control apparatus. A deviation Dj between the target position Pi,j and an actual irradiation position Pai,j is obtained. Using the deviation Dj, a systematic error Esi,j and a random error Eri,j of the actual irradiation position Pai,j are obtained. Whether the systematic error Esi,j exists within a first permissible range of the systematic error Esi,j is determined. Whether the random error Eri,j exists within a second permissible range of the random error Eri,j is determined. When the systematic error Esi,j or the random error Eri,j is deviated from the permissible range, the irradiation of the ion beam to the target volume is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Arao Nishimura, Hiroshi Akiyama, Ryosuke Shinagawa, Takeshi Fujita