DocumentCode
2610864
Title
The CNAO system to monitor and control hadron beams for therapy
Author
Giordanengo, S. ; Ansarinejad, A. ; Attili, A. ; Bourhaleb, F. ; Cirio, R. ; Donetti, M. ; Garella, M.A. ; Marchetto, F. ; Mazza, G. ; Monaco, V. ; Montero, J.Pardo ; Pecka, A. ; Peroni, C. ; Russo, G. ; Sacchi, R.
Author_Institution
INFN sez. di Torino, Italy
fYear
2008
fDate
19-25 Oct. 2008
Firstpage
5609
Lastpage
5611
Abstract
Hadrotherapy might be the last chance option for patients with cancers growing deep in the body or surrounded by very sensitive organs. The Italian National Center of Oncological Hadrotherapy (CNAO) in Pavia is a synchrotron based center for the treatment of tumors with protons and carbon ion beams. The result of this sophisticated technique is strongly affected by the beam delivery performances. A powerful on-line system to monitor and deliver particles inside the target will be available at CNAO.
Keywords
Anodes; Control systems; Magnets; Medical treatment; Monitoring; Particle beams; Protons; Strips; Structural beams; Synchrotrons;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
Conference_Location
Dresden, Germany
ISSN
1095-7863
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2714-7
Electronic_ISBN
1095-7863
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774092
Filename
4774092
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