In various embodiments, a radiation therapy system can include a cyclotron that outputs a charged particle beam. In addition, the radiation therapy system can include an apparatus to receive the charged particle beam from the cyclotron. The apparatus decelerates or further accelerates the charged particle beam to produce a reduced or increased energy charged particle beam. The apparatus can include a radio frequency structure.

A superconducting dipole magnet structure that includes coil boxes, a dewar and a support device is provided, wherein each of the coil boxes is of a one-piece structure in which a superconducting coil is provided, wherein the superconducting coils are opposite to each other so that a uniform dipole magnetic field is generated when the two superconducting coils are energized, and wherein the support device is fixed to the dewar and supports the coil box in the way of point contact.

The invention comprises a method and apparatus for scanning charged particles in a cancer therapy system, comprising the steps of: (1) providing a first and second dipole magnet system and a gap, the gap comprising a common gap length, along a path of the charged particles, within both the first and second dipole magnet systems, the gap comprising a progressively increasing x/y-plane cross-section area from an entrance area of the charged particles into the double dipole magnet system to an exit area of the double dipole magnet system, the x/y-plane perpendicular to a z-axis from a center of the entrance area to a center of the exit area; (2) scanning the positively charged particles along a first axis of the x/y-plane using the first dipole magnet system; and (3) scanning the positively charged particles along a second axis of the x/y-plane using the second dipole magnet system.

A cyclotron for accelerating a beam of charged particles and extracting the beam. The cyclotron includes a vacuum chamber; a target support element sealed and coupled to the vacuum chamber and including a tubular channel leading to a target; first energy specific extraction kit including a first stripper assembly with a stripper located at a first stripping position for stripping charged particles at a first energy and a second energy specific extraction kit for driving modified charged particles of second energy along a second extraction path towards a target holder, wherein the energy specific extraction kit includes: a second stripper assembly with a stripper located at a second stripping position for stripping charged particles at a second energy and an insert for modifying an orientation of the tubular channel to match the second extraction path such that the modified charged particles of second energy intercept the target holder.

The present invention provides a particle projection spatial imaging system, comprising a particle source for generating and accelerating a particle beam, a deflection coil set for deflecting the particle beam into a chronologically deployed dynamic 3D particle array, an exciting coil set for generating a magnetic field, and a scan control mechanism for controlling the particle source, the deflection coil set, and the particle exciting coil set. The particle projection spatial imaging system set forth by the present invention generates a 3D spatial image by generating and accelerating a particle beam by providing a particle source, deflecting the particle beam by using a deflection coil set to form a dynamic 3D particle array, and exciting particle bunches at corresponding pixel points in the array in a time-division manner by a particle exciting coil set to cause them to generate a radiation effect, and this particle projection spatial imaging system does not rely on a solid display medium, and can operate in the air and in vacuum. A 3D dynamic image can be generated by refreshing the scan control mechanism.

Apparatuses and methods for accelerating charged particles including a charged particle source configured to provide charged particles, an accelerator including: a cavity having one or more inlets and one or more outlets, an electro-magnet substantially surrounding at least a portion of the cavity, a conductor disposed longitudinally within the cavity configured to accelerate the charged particles entering the cavity through the one or more inlets via a radio frequency wave applied to the cavity, wherein the radio frequency wave operates in transverse electromagnetic mode, and a target configured to receive the accelerated charged particles via the one or more outlets.

An automatic reloading and transport system for solid targets for a particle accelerator using a pneumatic tube transport system from the point of target activation by a particle accelerator to a target processing point and back, comprising a pneumatic tube transport system with end stations for receipt and dispatch of a capsule accommodating the target, a handling mechanism for both manipulating the solid target and handling the capsule and a target positioning system.

A superconducting electromagnet component and an isochronous cyclotron including the same are provided. The superconducting electromagnet component includes a superconducting main coil, a superconducting trim coil group, and a superconducting focusing coil group. The superconducting main coil is disposed around the central axis and includes a median plane. The superconducting trim coil group is disposed in the superconducting main coil around the central axis. The superconducting focusing coil group is disposed on the superconducting trim coil group and includes first focusing coils and second focusing coils. The first focusing coils have a first fan-shaped structure and are disposed side by side around the central axis, and the current directions of two adjacent first focusing coils are opposite. The second focusing coils have a second fan-shaped structure and are correspondingly disposed in the first focusing coils, and the current directions of two adjacent second focusing coils are opposite.

A particle acceleration system includes an ion source that generates an ion, an accelerator that accelerates the ion, And a transporting unit that transports the ion from the ion source to the accelerator, in which an attachment angle and an attachment position of the ion source with respect to the transporting unit are able to be adjusted.

Disclosed is a beam energy dispersion adjusting mechanism for superconducting proton cyclotron. The adjusting mechanism includes a vacuum cavity, bases are symmetrically mounted on outer walls of four faces of the vacuum cavity in horizontal and vertical directions, an electric cylinder and a transmission mechanism are mounted on each of the four bases, a jaws block and a position fixing plate are correspondingly provided on an inner wall of the vacuum cavity at each face. The transmission mechanism includes an oil-free sleeve, a moving connecting rod onto which the position fixing plate is fixed, a corrugated pipe, and an electric cylinder connecting block whose both ends are screwed with the moving connecting rod and the electric cylinder, the jaws block is fixedly connected with the position fixing plate. The disclosure utilizes the electric cylinder to drive the jaws block to complete specified linear displacement, and satisfies back-end beam quality requirements.