189 results about "Radiation beam" patented technology

A radio-frequency identification (RFID) system includes RFID tags arranged in a plurality of separate rows, a RFID reader, and a computer system including a processor, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and one or more applications stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium. The one or more applications, when executed by the processor, initiate by the RFID reader a row scan, and modulate, using a beamforming control module, a configuration of a radiation beam. In addition, the one or more applications, when executed by the processor, modulate by a power control module an emission power of the reader antenna during the performance of the row scan, and detect by the RFID reader one or more of the RFID tags positioned along a row.

The present disclosure provides a calibration device for a super high dose rate radiation device comprising a plurality of beam modules for emitting a plurality of radiation beamlets, the calibration device comprising: a calibration target assembly comprising a target portion, wherein the target portion is located at a predetermined radiation region of the super high dose rate radiation device during a calibration process; wherein the target portion is used as a reference to calibrate a convergence deviation of the plurality of radiation beamlets converging at the predetermined radiation region. A calibration method and a super high dose rate radiation device are also provided.

A gearbox for an antenna, an antenna including the gearbox as well as a mobile communication base station including the antenna. The gearbox comprises at least two phase shift adjustment spindles that can be coupled to a respective phase shifter of the antenna and driven for electrically adjusting a radiation beam direction of the antenna. A rotary driving actuator of the gearbox is adapted to rotate a coupling element. A function selector actuator includes a movable function selector element that is fixed to the coupling element and to a coupling mechanism of the gearbox, wherein the function selector element is movable from a first position to a second position thereby actuating the coupling element and the coupling mechanism to either adjust a phase shifter or to select a phase shifter to be adjusted.

A quality assurance method for a radiotherapy device is disclosed. The method comprises disposing a phantom on a patient couch of the radiotherapy device, moving the patient couch to simulate motion of a subject, determining a measured value associated with the phantom, and comparing the measured value to an expected value. A radiotherapy device is also disclosed, the radiotherapy device comprising a radiation source configured to apply a radiation beam, a patient couch, a phantom disposable on the patient couch, and a controller communicatively coupled to the patient couch. A computer-readable medium storing instructions is also disclosed. A phantom for a radiotherapy device is also disclosed.

The embodiment of the invention provides a ray beam collimation system, and relates to the technical field of medical equipment. The ray beam collimation system comprises a primary collimator and a multi-leaf collimator. The primary collimator is provided with a through hole with a fixed shape and size, and the through hole is matched with the multi-leaf collimator in shape and size. And the primary collimator is positioned below the ray source and above the multi-leaf collimator. The multi-blade collimator comprises at least two blade groups composed of a plurality of blades, the tail end of each blade is provided with a concave-convex part, the concave-convex part comprises a plurality of first protrusions arranged at intervals in the first direction, a first recess is formed between every two adjacent first protrusions, the at least two blade groups comprise two blades opposite in the second direction, and the first protrusions are arranged at intervals in the first direction. The first protrusion of one of the two opposite blades is used for being connected with the first recess of the other blade in an inserted mode. The ray beam collimation system provided by the embodiment of the invention has the benefits that leakage rays between the tail ends of the blades are shielded, and the irradiation space of a patient in radiotherapy is increased.

Systems, devices and methods for internal dose adapted automated external radiation beam therapy, and systems and methods for an automated adaptive workflow to automatically generate a radiation treatment plan based on the internal dose and adapt the treatment plan to a current treatment session using a set of directives.

Provided in the present application are an antenna, a communication device and a communication system. The antenna comprises a reflection plate and an adjustment device. The adjustment device is connected to the reflection plate, and is configured to drive the reflection plate to rotate, so as to adjust the orientation of a radiation beam from an element on the reflection plate. The adjustment device comprises a first driving mechanism, a first rotating member, a second driving mechanism and a second rotating member. The first rotating member and the second rotating member are coaxially arranged along a first rotating shaft, the first driving mechanism drives the first rotating member to rotate around the first rotating shaft, and the second driving mechanism drives the second rotating member to rotate around the first rotating shaft. When the adjustment device is in a first operating state, the first driving mechanism drives the first rotating member to rotate around the first rotating shaft in a first direction, the second driving mechanism drives the second rotating member to rotate around the first rotating shaft in a second direction, and the first direction is opposite to the second direction, such that clearances between structures can be eliminated, and the reflection plate is then stably and precisely kept in a preset position, thereby enhancing the stability and precision of the beam direction of the antenna.

The present invention is a system for providing accurate image-guided localization of a radiation target using digital image acquisition with real time data analysis utilizing a radiation device, directing a beam of radiation through a sample reflecting onto a film screen and reflecting an image from the film screen onto a mirror that will project the image from the mirror to a bean splitter where it is captured by a camera operatively associated with a computer device.

There is presented a system for outputting a plurality of electromagnetic, EM, radiation beams. The system is configured such that at least one of the EM radiation beams interacts with an atom of plurality of atoms of a neutral atom, quantum computer that is not interacted with by a second of the EM radiation beams; or, at least two of the EM radiation beams are for interacting with a respective different atom of a plurality of atoms neutral atom quantum computer. The plurality of atoms is for defining a respective plurality of qubits in a quantum computation performed by the neutral atom quantum computer. The system comprises one or more integrated-optic EM radiation source assemblies for generating at least first and second EM radiation and outputting said EM radiation along respective spatially separate output paths. The system comprises a plurality of integrated-optic EM modulator apparatus. At least a first of the integrated-optic EM modulator apparatus is for receiving the first EM radiation. At least a second of the integrated-optic EM modulator apparatus is for receiving the second EM radiation. The system comprises a plurality of output couplers. Each output coupler is for receiving, along a plane, EM radiation output from at least one of the integrated-optic modulator apparatus. Each output coupler is further for outputting the received EM radiation as an EM radiation beam in a direction either along the same plane or out of the plane.

A fluid handling system for a lithography system, comprising: a liquid supply configured to supply immersion fluid to fill at least a portion of the immersion space between a substrate and a projection system of a lithography system configured to project a patterned radiation beam onto the substrate; a gas supply configured to generate a gas jet containing a medium for restricting the immersion fluid within the immersion space; a discharge system configured to draw a two-phase fluid comprising a medium and immersion fluid, and having a gas phase and a liquid phase, into the discharge passage, and a recycling system configured to receive the two-phase fluid from the discharge passage and extract the medium from the two-phase fluid for further use as a product fluid.

Provided in the present application are an antenna, a communication device and a communication system. The antenna comprises a radome, a reflector plate and an adjustment device. The reflector plate and the adjustment device are arranged inside the radome to prevent impurities such as dust and moisture from damaging the adjustment device, thereby improving the reliability and stability of the adjustment device. The reflector plate is provided with a radiation unit array; and the adjustment device comprises a driving mechanism and a transmission mechanism, the transmission mechanism being connected between the driving mechanism and the reflector plate, the driving mechanism driving, by means of the transmission mechanism, the reflector plate to rotate around a first direction and a second direction, the first direction being perpendicular to the second direction, and the first direction and the second direction being respectively parallel to the reflector plate. The adjustment device adjusts the reflector plate to rotate around the first direction relative to the radome, thereby achieving the adjustment of the pitch angle of a radiation beam. The adjustment device adjusts the reflector plate to rotate around the second direction relative to the radome, thereby achieving the adjustment of the horizontal angle of the radiation beam emitted by the radiation unit array.

A CT device capable of easily and appropriately determining the start and end positions of imaging in helical scanning imaging is provided. [Solution] The CT apparatus is a helical scan type CT apparatus that continuously images an object being inspected while moving and rotating it, and includes an examination table 1 on which the object being inspected is placed and which moves and rotates the object being inspected, a radiation source 2 that irradiates the object being inspected with a radiation beam, a detector 3 that is provided opposite the radiation source 2 with the object being sandwiched between them, and an examination table position calculation unit 74 that calculates the position of the examination table 1 during imaging. The examination table position calculation unit 74 calculates a reconstruction start position Zs and a reconstruction end position Ze of the object being inspected, and calculates a data acquisition start position Zdas and a data acquisition end position Zdae based on the reconstruction start position Zs and the reconstruction end position Ze.

An electro-optical device (1) comprising a radiation unit (10) adapted to emit a radiation beam (11) having a peak emission wavelength in a range of 280-320 nm, a detection unit (20) adapted to detect a distance to a user and generate a detection signal based on the detection, and a radiation control unit (30) adapted to receive the detection signal and generate a control signal in response. The electro-optical device (1) is adapted to provide an irradiance in the range 0.003-0.5 mW / cm2 to the user.

Apparatuses and methods of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) imaging use a radiation source to stimulate XRF from only a slice of an object by projecting a radiation beam through only the slice. An X-ray detector having a plurality of pixels is provided. A collimator having a plurality of parallel collimator plates is positioned between the object and the X-ray detector. The radiation beam is not parallel to the collimator plates. Neighboring pairs of the collimator plates allow XRF from only respective portions of the slice to reach respective subsets of the pixels. For each of the respective pixel subsets the X-ray detector sums signals generated in the pixel or pixels of the respective subset. The radiation beam is a fan beam or a pencil beam. A pixel pitch of the X-ray detector is an integer multiple of a plate pitch of the collimator.

A removable image-capture apparatus (200) comprises an opening (202) intended to receive a calibration plate (10) bearing a reference marking (30) and possibly a test marking (40). The apparatus (200) comprises a source (204) of backlighting visible light situated beneath the opening (202), a sensor (205) for acquiring an image, in the backlighting visible light, of the plate (10), a guiding and supporting device (206) for positioning the sensor (205) above the opening (202) relative to the surround (201), a calculation device (207) configured to analyze the image, recognize the marking (30) and possibly the marking (40) in the image, and calculate aiming-command corrections intended for a firing system firing a powerful incident-radiation beam, which system belongs to an additive manufacturing apparatus, distinct and separate from the apparatus (200).

The present application relates to the technical field of antennas, and in particular to an antenna unit, a base station antenna, and a communication device. The antenna unit can be widely applied to various base station antennas, including active and passive antenna systems. The antenna unit comprises an excitation unit, a metasurface radiation structure and a reflecting surface, wherein the metasurface radiation structure and the reflecting surface are spaced apart oppositely, the excitation unit is used for exciting the metasurface radiation structure to radiate an electromagnetic signal, the reflecting surface is used for reflecting the signal radiated by the metasurface radiation structure, and the distance between the metasurface radiation structure and the reflecting surface varies in a first direction. The direction of a radiation beam can be changed to achieve deflection of the radiation beam.

A method for determining at least one height of a surface of an object comprises projecting a patterned radiation beam onto an object so as to form an image of a pattern. The image of the pattern comprises first and second portions, each of the first and second portions comprising at least one line, wherein at least one line of the first portion is disposed at a non-zero angle to at least one line of the second portion. The method further comprises receiving a portion of the patterned radiation beam reflected from the substrate. The method further comprises determining at least one height from a combination of: (a) a part of the received portion of the patterned radiation beam reflected from the first portion of the pattern; and (b) a part of the received portion of the patterned radiation beam reflected from the second portion of the pattern.

The embodiment of the present application discloses a magnetic resonance image guided radiotherapy system. The magnetic resonance image guided radiotherapy system comprises a radiotherapy device, the radiotherapy device comprises a treatment head; a magnetic resonance imaging device, the magnetic resonance imaging device comprises a main body, the main body is provided with a superconducting magnet adopting a liquid-helium-free conduction cooling technology and a through hole communicating the inner wall and the outer wall of the main body; the treatment head is at least partially arranged in the through hole and is used for emitting a radiation beam to the internal cavity of the main body to perform radiotherapy.

The application provides an insulation material resistivity testing device and method, the device comprises a shielding shell provided with a shielding test cavity, an insulation material sample is arranged in the shielding test cavity, and the device further comprises a radiation module, a high-temperature module, a radiation collimation device, a PC module and a pressure and current monitoring device; the pressure and current monitoring device is connected with the insulation material sample; the PC module is connected with the radiation module, the high-temperature module and the pressure and current monitoring device; the high-temperature module is further connected with the pressure and current monitoring device; the radiation module is used for providing a radiation beam for the inside of the shielding test cavity; the high-temperature module is used for providing a high-temperature environment for the inside of the shielding test cavity; the pressure and current monitoring device is used for applying a voltage to the insulation material sample and monitoring the current flowing through the insulation material sample; and the PC module determines the surface resistivity or volume resistivity of the insulation material sample according to the received voltage and current. The device can complete the resistivity testing of the insulation material under different radiation intensities and different temperature environments.

The embodiment of the invention provides a radiation device. The radiation device comprises a rotatable assembly which can rotate around a rotation axis; the beam assembly is arranged on the rotatable assembly, the beam assembly comprises a plurality of beam modules, each beam module is used for emitting a radiation beam, and the plurality of beam modules are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the rotatable assembly; and the power divider is arranged on the rotatable assembly, the power divider is provided with a plurality of power distribution ports, the plurality of power distribution ports are respectively connected with the plurality of beam modules, and the beam modules and the power divider can rotate around the rotation axis along with the rotatable assembly.

The disclosed invention comprises one or more hybrid metal-composite pressure vessels e.g., 1 (FIG. 1) or 100,200 (FIG. 2), designed for deep water application of radiation sensitive equipment, where the hybrid pressure vessels comprise a combination of metals and non-metals. A source of radiation may be disposed in one of the two hybrid metal-composite pressure vessels and a radiation detector disposes in the other hybrid metal-composite pressure vessel. A radiation beam is less attenuated as it passes through the non-metal parts of the hybrid pressure vessels and the intensity of the radiation reaching a radiation detector is higher than if it were to pass through the metal parts of the housings.

This invention relates to a radiotherapy device and experimental method with switchable high and low dose distributions, belonging to the field of radiotherapy experimental technology. It solves the problem in existing technologies where the radiation dose in low-dose experiments in animal radiotherapy cannot be controlled. The invention includes a shielding platform and a shielding end; the shielding end is rotatably mounted on the shielding platform and has light-transmitting holes arranged in an alternating pattern. In this invention, the radiation beam emitted by the radiation source device directly irradiates the experimental animal, allowing for control of the radiation dose, and the high-dose and low-dose irradiation points on the experimental animal are arranged alternately.

A radiotherapy planning apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains a medical image relating to a patient. The processing circuitry obtains number of beams and beam directions of a plurality of radiation beams applied substantially simultaneously to an irradiation area of the patient. The processing circuitry generates a total dose rate distribution which is a spatial distribution of total values of predicted dose rates of the radiation beams to be applied to the patient, based on the medical image and the number and the direction of the radiation beams.

A method of forming an illumination mode using an illumination system comprising an array of individually controllable reflective elements arranged to direct portions of a radiation beam to desired locations in a pupil plane. The method comprises allocating different reflective elements of the array to direct radiation to different locations in the illumination mode by: determining a desired power spectral density function of radiation directed by the array of reflective elements to the illumination mode, the desired power spectral density function including a cutoff frequency; applying different phases to frequency components of the power spectral density function; transforming the power spectral density function into a spatial domain signal that varies as a function of positions of the reflective elements; and using the spatial domain signal to allocate reflective elements that direct radiation to different locations in the illumination mode.

A radiotherapy apparatus is described. The radiotherapy apparatus comprises a radiation source, a beam shaping apparatus, a beam receiving apparatus, and a controller configured to control the beam shaping apparatus. The radiation source is configured to deliver radiation in each of a coplanar configuration and at least one non-coplanar configuration. The beam shaping apparatus is configured to direct the radiation produced by the radiation source towards the beam receiving apparatus in each of the coplanar configuration and the at least one non-coplanar configuration. The controller is configured to control the beam shaping apparatus to apply a limit on a field of radiation produced by the radiation source based on whether the radiation source is configured in the coplanar configuration or the at least one non-coplanar configuration.

The invention relates to a measurement arrangement (100) for measuring concentration of gold in a sample (102). The measurement arrangement (100) comprises: a sample container (104a, 104b); an X-ray radiation source unit (106) configured to produce a radiation beam (112); a primary filter (108) arranged between the X-ray radiation source unit (106) and the sample container (104a, 104b) so that the primary filter (108) is in a close vicinity to the sample container (104a, 104b), wherein the primary filter (108) is configured to act as a filter and as a secondary target configured to excite a first fluorescence radiation (114) in response to an irradiation of the primary filter (108) with the radiation beam (112); and a radiation detector unit (110) configured to obtain a second fluorescence radiation (116) being characteristic to gold in response to an irradiation of the sample (102) with the first fluorescence radiation (114), wherein the second fluorescence radiation (116) is obtained from a direction (202) substantially perpendicular to the direction (204) of the maximum intensity of the radiation beam (112). The invention relates also to a method for measuring concentration of gold in a sample (102).

A radiation inspection system and method are provided. The radiation inspection system includes: a radiation imaging device; the plurality of detection devices are respectively arranged at a plurality of preset positions at the downstream of the radiation inspection position, the distances between the plurality of preset positions and the radiation inspection position in the advancing direction limited by the inspection channel are different, and the plurality of detection devices are respectively used for detecting a plurality of moments when the front end of the part, needing to be avoided, of the detected object reaches the corresponding preset position; a plurality of detection signals respectively comprising a plurality of moments are sent out; and a control device. The control device is configured to determine the types of the detected objects, and the lengths of the parts, needing to be avoided, of the detected objects of different types are different; responding to different types of detected objects, and receiving a detection signal sent by a detection device corresponding to the detected object of the type; and sending an instruction for controlling the radiation imaging device to emit a radiation beam after a preset time interval after the moment included in the detection signal.

An inspection system includes a radiation source that generates a beam of radiation and illuminates a first surface of an object, defining a region of the first surface of the object. The radiation source also illuminates a second surface of the object, defining a region of the second surface, where the second surface is at a different depth level within the object than the first surface. The inspection system can also include a detector that defines a field of view (FOV) of the first surface that includes the region of the first surface and receives radiation scattered from the region of the first surface and the region of the second surface. The inspection system can also include a processor that discards image data that is not received from the region of the first surface and constructs a composite image that includes the image data from throughout the region of the first surface.

A wafer inspection system includes a wafer inspection tool. An illumination source is in the wafer inspection tool and is used to generate a radiation beam. The first optical element and the second optical element are in the wafer inspection tool and are optically coupled with the illumination source. The first beam inspection tool is between the first optical element and the second optical element, where the first beam inspection tool includes a first aperture, and the first optical element and the second optical element are optically coupled via the first aperture of the first beam inspection tool.

A measurement system (11), the measurement system comprising: a sensor apparatus (22); an illumination system (IL1) arranged to illuminate the sensor apparatus with radiation, the sensor apparatus comprising a patterned region arranged to receive a radiation beam and to form a plurality of diffraction beams, the diffraction beams being separated in a shearing direction; the sensor apparatus comprising a radiation detector (24); wherein the patterned region is arranged such that at least some of the diffraction beams form interference patterns on the radiation detector; wherein the sensor apparatus comprises a plurality of patterned regions (19a-19c, 20a, 20b), and wherein pitches of the patterned regions are different in adjacent patterned regions.