Superconducting cyclotron for medical application

Author

Blosser, H. ; Bailey, J. ; Burleigh, R. ; Johnson, D. ; Kashy, E. ; Kuo, T. ; Marti, F. ; Vincent, J. ; Zeller, A. ; Blosser, E. ; Blosser, G. ; Maughan, R. ; Powers, Wm ; Wagner, J.

Author_Institution

Nat. Supercond. Cyclotron Lab., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA

Volume

25

Issue

2

fYear

1989

fDate

3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1746

Lastpage

1754

Abstract

A medical superconducting cyclotron, the first such project to be undertaken, is under construction. The cyclotron will be used to produce neutron beams for use in radiation treatment of cancer. The purpose of such treatment is to administer lethal doses of radiation to tumor cells while minimizing dose to normal tissue; rather intense neutron beams are required for the treatments to occur in a reasonably expeditious time and the device needs to be able to fire the neutrons at the patient from any angle. The authors briefly review the medical rationale for such a device and then describe the cyclotron design with special emphasis on details of the superconducting coil and cryostat

Keywords

cryostats; cyclotrons; neutron production; neutron sources; radiation therapy; superconducting devices; cryostat; cyclotron design; intense neutron beams; lethal doses of radiation to tumor cells; medical rationale; medical superconducting cyclotron; neutron beam therapy; radiation treatment of cancer; superconducting coil; Biomedical equipment; Cancer; Cyclotrons; Fires; Medical services; Medical treatment; Neutrons; Particle beams; Superconducting coils; Tumors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.92639

Filename

92639