Title :
Commissioning of the linac for the heidelberg heavy ion Cancer Therapy Centre (HIT)
Author :
Maier, M. ; Barth, W. ; Bayer, W. ; Dahl, L. ; Groening, L. ; Kleffher, C. ; Schlitt, B. ; Tinschert, K. ; Vormann, H. ; Yaramyshev, S. ; Ratzinger, U. ; Schempp, A.
Author_Institution :
GSI, Darmstadt
Abstract :
A clinical accelerator facility for cancer therapy using energetic proton and ion beams (C, He and O) is currently under commissioning at the Radiologische Universitats-klinik in Heidelberg, Germany. It consists of two ECR ion sources, a 7 MeV/u linac injector, and a 6.5 Tm synchrotron to accelerate the ions to final energies of 50 - 430 MeV/u. The linac comprises a 400 keV/u RFQ and a 7 MeV/u IH-DTL operating at 216.8 MHz. The commissioning of the linac was performed in three steps for the LEBT, the RFQ, and the IH-DTL. For this purpose a dedicated beam diagnostics test bench was used. In this contribution the procedures and the results of the successful beam commissioning of the linear accelerator in the year 2006 are reported.
Keywords :
accelerator RF systems; cancer; ion accelerators; ion beams; ion sources; linear accelerators; particle beam diagnostics; particle beam injection; proton accelerators; proton beams; radiation therapy; synchrotrons; tumours; ECR ion sources; Heidelberg heavy ion cancer therapy centre; IH-DTL; LEBT; RFQ; beam commissioning; beam diagnostics test bench; clinical accelerator facility; energetic ion beam; energetic proton beam; linac injector; linear accelerator; synchrotron; Acceleration; Cancer; Helium; Ion accelerators; Ion beams; Ion sources; Linear particle accelerator; Medical treatment; Proton accelerators; Synchrotrons;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2007. PAC. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0916-7
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2007.4440558
