Title :
MedAustron — Austrian hadron therapy centre
Author :
Benedikt, M. ; Fabich, A.
Author_Institution :
CERN, Switzerland
Abstract :
MedAustron is a synchrotron based accelerator facility for cancer treatment with proton and carbon ion beams. In addition to the clinical application, the accelerator will also provide beams for non-clinical research, in the fields of medical radiation physics, radiation biology and experimental physics.
Keywords :
Cancer; Carbon; Ion accelerators; Ion beams; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical treatment; Particle beams; Physics; Proton accelerators; Synchrotrons;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dresden, Germany
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2714-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774090
