42 results about "Bending magnets" patented technology

Radiation scanning systems providing multiple views of an object in different planes and a reconstruction algorithm for reconstructing quasi-three-dimensional images from a limited number of views. A system may include bend magnets to direct accelerated charged particles to multiple targets in different viewing locations. Another system collimates radiation generated by a plurality of radiation sources into multiple beams for scanning an object at multiple angles. The object may be a cargo container, for example. The reconstruction algorithm uses an optimization algorithm and imaging and feasibility models to reconstruct quasi-three-dimensional images from the limited number of views.

Compact, dual energy radiation scanning systems are described comprising two particle beam accelerators, each configured to accelerate charged particles to different energies, positioned parallel to a direction of movement of an object to be inspected. The accelerator may be positioned perpendicular to a plane of the conveying system, instead. Bend magnet systems bend each charged particle beam toward a respective target. Alternatively, a single dual energy accelerator capable of accelerating charged particles to at least two different energies is positioned parallel to the direction of movement of the object, or perpendicular to a plane of the conveying system. A single bend magnet system is provided to bend each accelerated charged particle beam toward the same target. The particle beams may be bent through an orbit chamber. Two separate passages may be defined through at least part of the orbit chamber, one for charged particles having each energy.

A hydrogen ion implanter for the exfoliation of silicon from silicon wafers uses a large scan wheel carrying 50+ wafers around its periphery and rotating about an axis. In one embodiment, the axis of rotation of the wheel is fixed and a ribbon beam of hydrogen ions is directed down on a peripheral edge of the wheel. The ribbon beam extends over the full radial width of wafers on the wheel. The beam is generated by an ion source providing an extracted ribbon beam having at least 100 mm major cross-sectional diameter. The ribbon beam may be passed through a 90° bending magnet which bends the beam in the plane of the ribbon. The magnet provides intensity correction across the ribbon to compensate for the dependency on the radial distance from the wheel axis of the speed at which parts of the wafers pass through the ribbon beam.

A compact accelerator system having an integrated particle generator-linear accelerator with a compact, small-scale construction capable of producing an energetic (˜70-250 MeV) proton beam or other nuclei and transporting the beam direction to a medical therapy patient without the need for bending magnets or other hardware often required for remote beam transport. The integrated particle generator-accelerator is actuable as a unitary body on a support structure to enable scanning of a particle beam by direction actuation of the particle generator-accelerator.

An irradiation assembly is effective to irradiate large articles, up to about 48 inches thick in an exemplary embodiment. The assembly provides radiation to an article from all sides in a 360 degree exposure range, and includes at least one irradiating subsystem that provides x-ray radiation in a portion of the 360 degree exposure range. A conveying system carries the article through the at least one irradiating subsystem in a number of passes appropriate to provide x-ray radiation to the article in the full 360 degree exposure range. Each irradiating subsystem is configured to direct radiation toward a center point of the article being irradiated. An accelerator generates an electron beam, and a magnet assembly shapes and deflects the electron beam in a sweep path through a scan horn. A compound bending magnet directs the electron beam toward a center point of the article being irradiated along the entire sweep path. An x-ray conversion plate converts the electron beam into an x-ray radiation beam.

An ion beam bending magnet provides a curved path through the magnet for bending a ribbon-shaped ion beam having its major cross-sectional dimension normal to the bending plane of the magnet. The magnet comprises a ferromagnetic yoke surrounding the beam path and having an internal profile in cross-section formed of four angled sides. These sides are angled to the major dimension of the ribbon beam passing through the magnet, so that the internal profile of the yoke is relatively wide in the center of the ribbon beam and relatively narrow near the top and bottom edges of the ribbon beam. Electrical conductors against the internal surfaces of the yoke provide a uniform distribution of electrical current per unit length along the angled sides of the profile, providing a substantially uniform magnetic bending field within the magnet yoke.

A hydrogen ion implanter for the exfoliation of silicon from silicon wafers uses a large scan wheel carrying 50+ wafers around its periphery and rotating about an axis. In one embodiment, the axis of rotation of the wheel is fixed and a ribbon beam of hydrogen ions is directed down on a peripheral edge of the wheel. The ribbon beam extends over the full radial width of wafers on the wheel. The beam is generated by an ion source providing an extracted ribbon beam having at least 100 mm major cross-sectional diameter. The ion source may use core-less saddle type coils to provide a uniform field confining the plasma in the ion source. The ribbon beam may be passed through a 90° bending magnet which bends the beam in the plane of the ribbon.

An electron energy loss spectrometer for electron microscopy is disclosed having an electrically isolated drift tube extending through the bending magnet and through subsequent optics that focus and magnify the spectrum. An electrostatic or magnetic lens is located either before or after or both before and after the drift tube and the lens or lenses are adjusted as a function of the bending magnet drift tube voltage to maintain a constant net focal length and to avoid defocusing. An energy selecting slit is included in certain embodiments to cleanly cut off electrons dispersed outside the energy range incident on the detector, thereby eliminating artifacts caused by unwanted electrons scattering back into the spectrum.

A compact lightweight gantry for a proton therapy system that has a source-to-axis distance (SAD) of less than 2 m and can deliver a proton beam of superior quality. The reduced SAD leads to reduced requirements on the maximum magnetic fields that can be generated by the bend magnets in the gantry beamline. Correspondingly, lightweight bend magnets can be used. The various components in the gantry beamline are optimized to achieve a beam spot size of approximately 4 mm sigma or less through a pencil beam scanning nozzle disposed downstream of the final bending magnet. In addition, the proton therapy system is configured to operate at a maximum beam energy in the range of 220-230 MeV.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a rotational gantry designed to provide proton radiation therapy using a mono-energetic proton beam. The mono-energetic proton beam is transported by a beam line transport system having two or more bending magnets and a plurality of quadrupole and steerer magnets for directing and focusing the proton beam. Energy variation of the beam is performed directly before the beam reaches an isocenter of the gantry.

The invention discloses a particle accelerator beam bending magnet, comprising main magnetic poles (1), main coils (2), guiding magnetic poles, guiding coils, upper, lower, left and right magnetic yokes, and multiple charged particle beams with properly different energy or particle types, which form a main magnetic field and a guiding magnetic field component; the multiple charged particle beams with properly different energy or particle types enter the bending magnet from different directions, and combined into a beam with the same track and direction after passing through the bending magnet;the main magnetic poles (1), main coils (2), guiding magnetic poles and guiding coils are used in an upper and lower paired manner, a certain gap is reserved between the upper and lower magnetic poles in each pair, a vacuum pipe is installed in the gap, and the beam can pass through the vacuum environment in the vacuum pipe. According to the particle accelerator beam bending magnet provided by the invention, the effect that the multiple beams are combined into one beam is achieved, the domestic blank is filled, and the long-term difficult problem that the particles with the same type and thesame energy cannot be combined into the same beam due to the same bending radius is solved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of magnetic nanoparticle imaging and thermal therapy fusion, and particularly relates to a field-free line scanning imaging and field-free point positioning thermal therapy fusion device and method based on magnetic particles. The invention aims to solve the problem that the existing magnetofluid treatment means lacks image guided treatment, accurate thermal dose setting, non-invasive real-time temperature monitoring and accurate positioning. The device comprises a magnet group, an induction coil, a living body bed, a control device, a display device, an image processing device and a cooling system, the magnet group comprises two groups of long bent magnet pairs and a cylindrical magnet; two ends of a long bent magnet in the long bent magnet pair are semi-circular rings, and the semi-circular rings are connected by two sections of arcs constructed at set curvature; and the control device is configured to perform scanning imaging on the target living body object and perform thermal therapy on the set part. According to the invention, magnetofluid treatment with the characteristics of image-guided treatment, accurate thermal dose setting, non-invasive real-time temperature monitoring, accurate positioning and the like is realized.

To provide a preferred device configuration and arrangement capable of forming a large irradiation field, miniaturizing a gantry and reducing weight of the gantry. A gantry includes a bending magnet configured to bend a beam orbit, a plurality of horizontal direction scanning magnets which are first scanning magnets configured to scan the beam orbit in a horizontal direction which is a first direction, and a vertical direction scanning magnet which is a second scanning magnet configured to scan the beam orbit in a vertical direction which is a second direction. The plurality of horizontal direction scanning magnets is arranged so that θ is equal to or less than 90° when it is assumed that a phase difference between the horizontal direction scanning magnets is 180n°±θ. The bending magnet is arranged between the plurality of horizontal direction scanning magnets.

A hydrogen ion implanter for the exfoliation of silicon from silicon wafers uses a large scan wheel (14) carrying 50+ wafers around its periphery and rotating about an axis. In one embodiment, the axis of rotation of the wheel is fixed and a ribbon beam (101) of hydrogen ions is directed down on a peripheral edge of the wheel. The ribbon beam extends over the full radial width of wafers on the wheel. The beam is generated by an ion source (16) providing an extracted ribbon beam having at least 100mm major cross-sectional diameter. The ion source may use core-less saddle type coils (112, 112a-c) to provide a uniform field confining the plasma in the ion source. The ribbon beam may be passed through a 90-degree bending magnet (17) which bends the beam in the plane of the ribbon.