Potential alternate beam source for proton therapy

Author

Jones, W.P. ; Friesel, D.L. ; Lee, S.Y.

Author_Institution

Indiana Univ. Cyclotron Facility, Bloomington, IN, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

12-16 May 2003

Firstpage

1065

Abstract

Studies have been carried out to determine the suitability of the IUCF Cooler Injector Synchrotron (CIS) as a potential replacement or supplement to the Indiana University Cyclotron as a source of proton beams for the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI). The primary modification to the synchrotron would be the development of a slow extraction system. An achromatic beam line connecting CIS and the MPRI beam trunk line has been designed and could use magnets from the recently decommissioned Cooler ring at IUCF. In addition to providing redundancy, this project would increase the proton energy to 240 MeV and could provide higher resolution beams to the radiation effects target stations.

Keywords

particle beam extraction; proton beams; radiation therapy; synchrotrons; IUCF Cooler Injector Synchrotron; Indiana University Cyclotron; Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute; achromatic beam line; proton beams; proton energy; proton therapy; radiation effects target stations; slow extraction system; Computational Intelligence Society; Cyclotrons; Energy resolution; Joining processes; Magnets; Medical treatment; Particle beams; Protons; Radiation effects; Synchrotrons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2003. PAC 2003. Proceedings of the

ISSN

1063-3928

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7738-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2003.1289606

Filename

1289606