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78 results about "Neutron capture therapy of cancer" patented technology

Neutron capture therapy (NCT) is a noninvasive therapeutic modality for treating locally invasive malignant tumors such as primary brain tumors, recurrent head and neck cancer, and cutaneous and extracutaneous melanomas. It is a two-step procedure: first, the patient is injected with a tumor-localizing drug containing the non-radioactive isotope boron-10 (¹⁰B), which has a high propensity to capture thermal neutrons. The cross section of the ¹⁰B (3,837 barns) is many times greater than that of the other elements present in tissues such as hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. In the second step, the patient is radiated with epithermal neutrons, the source of which is either a nuclear reactor or, more recently, an accelerator. After losing energy as they penetrate tissue, the neutrons are captured by the ¹⁰B, which subsequently emits high-energy alpha particles that can selectively kill those tumor cells that have taken up sufficient quantities of ¹⁰B. All of the clinical experience to date with NCT is with the non-radioactive isotope boron-10, and this is known as boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). At this time, the use of other non-radioactive isotopes, such as gadolinium, has been limited to experimental studies, and to date, it has not been used clinically. BNCT has been evaluated clinically as an alternative to conventional radiation therapy for the treatment of high-grade gliomas, meningiomas, and recurrent, locally advanced cancers of the head and neck region and superficial cutaneous and extracutaneous melanomas.

Beam shaping body for neutron capture therapy

The invention provides a beam shaping body for the neutron capture therapy. The beam shaping body comprises a beam inlet, a target material, a speed-retarding body adjacent to the target material, a reflector arranged to surround the outside of the speed-retarding body, a thermal neutron absorber adjacent to the speed-retarding body, a radiation shield arranged inside the beam shaping body, and a beam outlet. The nuclear reaction occurs between the target material and a proton beam that shoots into the beam inlet to generate neutrons, and the neutrons form a neutron beam which defines a main axis. The speed-retarding body slows down the neutrons generated from the target material to an epithermal neutron energy region. The speed-retarding body comprises the following materials of MgF2 and 6LiF, wherein the weight percentage of 6LiF to MgF2 is 0.1-5%. The above materials, in the form of powders or powder-pressed blanks, are subjected to powder sintering treatment by powder sintering equipment to turn into blocks. The reflector guides the neutrons deviating from the main axis back to the main axis so as to improve the intensity of an epithermal neutron beam. The thermal neutron absorber is used for absorbing thermal neutrons so as to avoid the excessive dose of the neutrons during the treatment on shallow normal tissues. The radiation shield is used for shielding leaky neutrons and photons so as to reduce the dose thereof on normal tissues in non-irradiated regions.
Owner:NEUBORON MEDTECH

Beam shaping body used for boron neutron capture therapy

The invention provides a beam shaping body used for boron neutron capture therapy. The boron neutron capture therapy comprises an acceleration tube used for accelerating a proton beam. The beam shaping body comprises a beam inlet, a target material disposed in the acceleration tube, a retarder body adjacent to the target material, a reflection body disposed on the outer part of the retarder body in an encircled manner, a thermal neutron absorption body adjacent to the retarder body, a radiation shielding disposed in the beam shaping body, and a beam outlet. The beam shaping body is also provided with a cooling device. The cooling device comprises a first cooling part used for cooling the target material; a second cooling part and a third cooling part, which are extended along the axial direction of the acceleration tube, and are communicated with the first cooling part. The first cooling part is in a plane contact with the target material, and the second cooling part is used to input a cooling medium in the first cooling part, and the third cooling part is used to output the cooling medium in the first cooling part. The beam shaping body used for the boron neutron capture therapy is advantageous in that the cooling device is used for cooling the target material, and a structure is simple, and assembly is easy.
Owner:NEUBORON MEDTECH

Neutron capture therapy system

The invention provides a neutron capture therapy system. The neutron capture therapy system can effectively utilize space and conduct therapy on multiple patients at the same time, does not elongate the beam transmission path excessively and thus has low loss. The neutron capture therapy system comprises an accelerator, a beam transmission assembly and neutron beam generation parts, wherein the accelerator accelerates charged particles to generate charged particle beams, the beam transmission assembly transmits the charged particle beams generated by the accelerator to the neutron beam generation part, and the neutron beam generation parts generate neuron beams for therapy and comprise a first neuron beam generation part, a second neutron beam generation part and a third neutron beam generation part; the beam transmission assembly comprises a first transmission part, a beam direction converter, a second transmission part, a third transmission part and a fourth transmission part, wherein the first transmission part is connected with the accelerator, the beam direction converter switches the heading direction of the charged particle beams, and the second transmission part, the thirdtransmission part and the fourth transmission part transmit the charged particle beams from the beam direction converter to the first neutron beam generation part, the second neutron beam generation part and the third neutron beam generation part respectively, two of the first transmission part, the third transmission part and the fourth transmission part define a first plane, the first transmission part and the second transmission part define a second plane, and the first plane is different from the second plane.
Owner:NEUBORON MEDTECH

Beam shaping body for neutron capture therapy

The invention, on one hand, provides a beam shaping body for neutron capture therapy, so as to improve the flux and the quality of a neutron source. The beam shaping body comprises a beam inlet, a target material, a retarding body adjacent to the target material, a reflector surrounding the retarding body, a thermal neutron absorber adjacent to the retarding body, a radiation shield arranged inside the beam shaping body and a beam outlet, wherein the target material and a proton beam incident from the beam inlet are subjected to a nuclear reaction to produce neutrons; the neutrons form a neutron beam; the neutron beam limits a spindle; the retarding body retards the neutrons generated from the target material to an epithermal neutron energy region; the retarding body is set to be in a shape containing at least one cone; the retarding body comprises a main body part and a supplementary part surrounding the periphery of the main body part; the material of the supplementary part is different from that of the main body part; the reflector guides neutrons deviating from the spindle back to the spindle to improve the epithermal neutron beam intensity; the thermal neutron absorber is used for absorbing thermal neutrons to avoid over dose with superficial normal tissues in the case of therapy; and the radiation shield is used for shielding leaked neutrons and photons to reduce the normal tissue dose in a non-radiation area.
Owner:NEUBORON MEDTECH

Neutron capture therapy system

The invention provides a neutron capture therapy system. The invention aims to achieve reduction of neutrons which overflow from an irradiation chamber into an accelerator chamber. The neutron capturetreatment system comprises an accelerator, a beam shaping body, a charged particle transmission part and a shield body, wherein the accelerator is arranged in the accelerator chamber, and is used forgenerating charged particle beams, the beam shaping body is arranged in the irradiation chamber, and an accommodating part is arranged on the shielding wall of the accelerator chamber; an embedding part for embedding at least a part of the beam shaping body is arranged on the shielding wall of the irradiation chamber, neutron beams for treatment is generated through interaction of a neutron generation part in the beam shaping body with the charged particle beam, and the charged particle beam transmission part is used for transmitting the charged particle beams which are formed by the accelerator to the beam shaping body; and the charged particle beam transmission part is connected to the accelerator through the accommodating part, the charged particle beam transmission part is connected to the beam shaping body through the embedding part, and is used for transmitting the charged particle beams to the neutron generation part, and the shield body is located between the accelerator chamber and the irradiation chamber so as to reduce neutrons which are generated through interaction of the charged particle beams with the neutron generation part from entering the accelerator chamber through the accommodating part after the neutrons overflow from the embedding part.
Owner:NEUBORON THERAPY SYST LTD
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