Title :
Laser ion acceleration for hadron therapy
Author_Institution :
Kansai Photon Sci. Inst., JAEA, Kyoto, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2014-July 4 2014
Abstract :
We discuss using laser plasma as a source of high-energy ions for the purposes of proton therapy. The research in this direction has been conducted in almost all world leading laser science centers. The approach is based on the efficient ion acceleration observed in laboratory, theory and numerical experiments (in silico) on the high-power laser interaction with matter.
Keywords :
ion accelerators; ion sources; laser applications in medicine; numerical analysis; radiation therapy; hadron therapy; high-energy ion source; high-power laser-matter interaction; laser ion acceleration; laser plasma; numerical experiments; proton therapy; Acceleration; Laser theory; Plasmas; Presses; laser plasma; proton therapy;
Conference_Titel :
Laser Optics, 2014 International Conference
Conference_Location :
Saint Petersburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3884-1
DOI :
10.1109/LO.2014.6886330
