Title :
Design of a Dedicated Heavy Ion Accelerator for Radiotherapy
Author :
Gough, R. ; Alonso, J. ; Elioff, T. ; Fugitt, J. ; Garren, A. ; Grunder, H.A. ; Lancaster, H. ; Sah, R. ; Sorensen, S. ; Staples, J. ; Yourd, R.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory University of California Berkeley, CA 94720
Abstract :
A new heavy ion accelerator facility for radiotherapy is being designed at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. Performance requirements have been established. Ions from helium to argon can be accelerated to a maximum energy of 800 MeV/nucleon with intensities in the range 108-109 particles per second. The accelerator subsystems consist of a linac injector, a synchrotron and a beam delivery system. Specifications have been developed for many of the technical components, and some details of the technical design are presented.
Keywords :
Acceleration; Argon; Helium; Ion accelerators; Laboratories; Linear particle accelerator; Particle accelerators; Particle beam injection; Particle beams; Synchrotrons;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1983.4336572
