High energy accelerator technology in radiology

Author

Crawford, J.F. ; Larsson, B. ; Reist, H. ; Goldin, L. ; Condé, H. ; Elmgren, K. ; Grusell, E. ; Nilsson, B. ; Petterson, O. ; Rönnqvist, T.

Author_Institution

IMR, Zurich Univ., Switzerland

fYear

1993

fDate

17-20 May 1993

Firstpage

1771

Abstract

Radiation treatment of cancer dates back about 100 years. Today, mega-voltage electron accelerators are used routinely to irradiate many kinds of tumours. About two thirds of all cancer patients receive at least some radiation. More recently, other kinds of particles have come into use, some already on a more or less routine basis: neutrons, pions, protons and other light ions. Experience with some of these particles at PSI is described. As an illustration, a concept for advanced accelerator-based therapy is described; it consists of a 2.5 MeV RFQ injector, a 70 MeV linac, a 250 MeV H^$synchrotron, and a 2.1 GeV electron ring operated as a synchrotron light source. Possible niches for high energy technology are identified

Keywords

biomedical equipment; electron accelerators; ion accelerators; radiation therapy; storage rings; synchrotrons; 100 yr; 2.1 GeV; 2.5 MeV; 250 MeV; 70 MeV; H; H^- synchrotron; RFQ injector; accelerator-based therapy; electron ring; high energy accelerator; light ions; linac; neutrons; pions; protons; synchrotron light source; Acceleration; Cancer; Electron accelerators; Mesons; Neutrons; Particle accelerators; Protons; Radiology; Synchrotrons; Tumors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1203-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1993.309127

Filename

309127