Patents by Inventor Tetsuro Norimine

Tetsuro Norimine 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: 7060997
    Abstract: A particle therapy system is provided which can simply and quickly correct a beam orbit. In a particle therapy system provided with an irradiation facility comprising a first beam transport system for receiving a beam and transporting the beam to the patient side, and an irradiation nozzle for forming an irradiation field of the beam, the particle therapy system comprises first beam position monitors for detecting a position upstream of the irradiation nozzle at which the beam passes, second beam position monitors for detecting a position downstream of the irradiation nozzle at which the charged-particle beam passes, and first and second steering magnets. Correction bending amounts for causing the beam to be coincident with a predetermined orbit after the correction are determined in accordance with detected results from the first and second beam position monitors, and first and second steering magnets are excited under control so that the determined correction bending amounts are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Norimine, Masumi Umezawa, Kazuo Hiramoto
  • Publication number: 20050247890
    Abstract: A particle therapy system is provided which can simply and quickly correct a beam orbit. In a particle therapy system provided with an irradiation facility comprising a first beam transport system for receiving a beam and transporting the beam to the patient side, and an irradiation nozzle for forming an irradiation field of the beam, the particle therapy system comprises first beam position monitors for detecting a position upstream of the irradiation nozzle at which the beam passes, second beam position monitors for detecting a position downstream of the irradiation nozzle at which the charged-particle beam passes, and first and second steering magnets. Correction bending amounts for causing the beam to be coincident with a predetermined orbit after the correction are determined in accordance with detected results from the first and second beam position monitors, and first and second steering magnets are excited under control so that the determined correction bending amounts are obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Tetsuro Norimine, Masumi Umezawa, Kazuo Hiramoto
  • Patent number: 6936832
    Abstract: A particle therapy system is provided which can simply and quickly correct a beam orbit. In a particle therapy system provided with an irradiation facility comprising a first beam transport system for receiving a beam and transporting the beam to the patient side, and an irradiation nozzle for forming an irradiation field of the beam, the particle therapy system comprises first beam position monitors for detecting a position upstream of the irradiation nozzle at which the beam passes, second beam position monitors for detecting a position downstream of the irradiation nozzle at which the charged-particle beam passes, and first and second steering magnets. Correction bending amounts for causing the beam to be coincident with a predetermined orbit after the correction are determined in accordance with detected results from the first and second beam position monitors, and first and second steering magnets are excited under control so that the determined correction bending amounts are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Norimine, Masumi Umezawa, Kazuo Hiramoto
  • Publication number: 20040232356
    Abstract: A particle therapy system is provided which can simply and quickly correct a beam orbit. In a particle therapy system provided with an irradiation facility comprising a first beam transport system for receiving a beam and transporting the beam to the patient side, and an irradiation nozzle for forming an irradiation field of the beam, the particle therapy system comprises first beam position monitors for detecting a position upstream of the irradiation nozzle at which the beam passes, second beam position monitors for detecting a position downstream of the irradiation nozzle at which the charged-particle beam passes, and first and second steering magnets. Correction bending amounts for causing the beam to be coincident with a predetermined orbit after the correction are determined in accordance with detected results from the first and second beam position monitors, and first and second steering magnets are excited under control so that the determined correction bending amounts are obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Tetsuro Norimine, Masumi Umezawa, Kazuo Hiramoto
  • Patent number: 6774383
    Abstract: A particle therapy system is provided which can simply and quickly correct a beam orbit. In a particle therapy system provided with an irradiation facility comprising a first beam transport system for receiving a beam and transporting the beam to the patient side, and an irradiation nozzle for forming an irradiation field of the beam, the particle therapy system comprises first beam position monitors for detecting a position upstream of the irradiation nozzle at which the beam passes, second beam position monitors for detecting a position downstream of the irradiation nozzle at which the charged-particle beam passes, and first and second steering magnets. Correction bending amounts for causing the beam to be coincident with a predetermined orbit after the correction are determined in accordance with detected results from the first and second beam position monitors, and first and second steering magnets are excited under control so that the determined correction bending amounts are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Norimine, Masumi Umezawa, Kazuo Hiramoto
  • Publication number: 20030183779
    Abstract: A particle therapy system is provided which can simply and quickly correct a beam orbit. In a particle therapy system provided with an irradiation facility comprising a first beam transport system for receiving a beam and transporting the beam to the patient side, and an irradiation nozzle for forming an irradiation field of the beam, the particle therapy system comprises first beam position monitors for detecting a position upstream of the irradiation nozzle at which the beam passes, second beam position monitors for detecting a position downstream of the irradiation nozzle at which the charged-particle beam passes, and first and second steering magnets. Correction bending amounts for causing the beam to be coincident with a predetermined orbit after the correction are determined in accordance with detected results from the first and second beam position monitors, and first and second steering magnets are excited under control so that the determined correction bending amounts are obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Tetsuro Norimine, Masumi Umezawa, Kazuo Hiramoto
  • Patent number: 6316776
    Abstract: A method of irradiation with a charged particle beam and an irradiation apparatus wherein the charged particle beam supplied from an accelerator and extracted from the irradiation apparatus. The irradiation apparatus includes an electromagnet for scanning with the charged particle beam. The method includes the steps of stopping the extraction of the charged particle beam from the irradiation apparatus, changing an irradiation point of the charged particle beam by controlling the electromagnet under a condition when the extraction is stopped, and resuming the extraction of the charged particle beam from the irradiation apparatus after changing the irradiation point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Hiramoto, Hiroshi Akiyama, Koji Matsuda, Tetsuro Norimine, Masahiro Tadokoro
  • Patent number: 6218675
    Abstract: A charged particle beam irradiation apparatus for irradiating a target with a charged particle beam emitted from an accelerator includes a plurality of scanning electromagnets, and a quadrupole electromagnet is used between two of the plurality of the scanning electromagnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Akiyama, Kazuo Hiramoto, Koji Matsuda, Tetsuro Norimine