Overview of PAMELA project : An approach to particle therapy using NS-FFAG

Author

Yokoi, Takeichiro

Author_Institution

John Adams Inst., Oxford Univ., Oxford, UK

fYear

2009

fDate

Oct. 24 2009-Nov. 1 2009

Firstpage

4158

Lastpage

4162

Abstract

PAMELA(Particle Accelerator for Medical Application) aims to design a particle therapy facility using non-scaling FFAG(Fixed Field Alternating Gradient) accelerator. A newly proposed lattice design and new type of combined function magnet provide the accelerator flexible tuneablity of operating point and various operation mode. A remarkable features for a fixed field accelerator is its high repetition rate, about 1kHz and energy variable beam extraction. These features make the machine as a promising candidate of versatile accelerator not restricted to medical applications.

Keywords

cyclic accelerators; particle beam extraction; radiation therapy; PAMELA project overview; combined function magnet; energy variable beam extraction; fixed field accelerator; lattice design; medical applications; nonscaling FFAG accelerator; particle therapy facility; repetition rate; tuneablity; Acceleration; Intensity modulation; Lattices; Medical treatment; Optical modulation; Painting; Particle accelerators; Particle beam injection; Particle beams; Proton accelerators; Accelerators; Biomedical applications of radiation; Medical services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2009 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3961-4

Electronic_ISBN

1095-7863

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402302

Filename

5402302