US 12,447,359 B2
Neutron beam source generation system comprising an accelerator, a target, and a neutron beam source stabilization control system, and neutron beam source generation method
Kuan-Yan Huang, Zhubei (TW); Shan-Haw Chiou, Zhubei (TW); Chih-Chung Lin, Zhubei (TW); and Siao-Cing Liou, Zhubei (TW)
Assigned to HERON NEUTRON MEDICAL CORP., Zhubei (TW)
Filed by Heron Neutron Medical Corp., Zhubei (TW)
Filed on May 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/315,784.
Claims priority of application No. 112101492 (TW), filed on Jan. 13, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0238618 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01); H05H 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1075 (2013.01) [A61N 5/10 (2013.01); A61N 5/1078 (2013.01); H05H 3/06 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1087 (2013.01); A61N 2005/109 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1094 (2013.01); H05H 2242/10 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A neutron beam source generation system, comprising:
an accelerator for generating a proton beam that is transmitted in a first direction along a channel;
a target at one end of the channel, wherein a neutron beam source is generated by irradiating the target with the proton beam; and
a calibration module disposed in the channel, wherein the calibration module comprises:
a pair of electromagnet components for controlling a distribution of the proton beam in a second direction and in a third direction;
a profile-measuring component for measuring the proton beam to obtain a profile distribution;
a current-measuring component for measuring the proton beam to obtain a first current value; and
a Faraday cup component for optionally shielding the proton beam and measuring the proton beam to obtain a second current value,
wherein the calibration module controls the distribution of the proton beam in the second direction and in the third direction using the pair of electromagnet components according to the profile distribution, and the calibration module adjusts a current of the proton beam according to the first current value, the second current value, or both.