DocumentCode
2610797
Title
MedAustron — Austrian hadron therapy centre
Author
Benedikt, M. ; Fabich, A.
Author_Institution
CERN, Switzerland
fYear
2008
fDate
19-25 Oct. 2008
Firstpage
5597
Lastpage
5599
Abstract
MedAustron is a synchrotron based accelerator facility for cancer treatment with proton and carbon ion beams. In addition to the clinical application, the accelerator will also provide beams for non-clinical research, in the fields of medical radiation physics, radiation biology and experimental physics.
Keywords
Cancer; Carbon; Ion accelerators; Ion beams; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical treatment; Particle beams; Physics; Proton accelerators; 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.2008.4774090
Filename
4774090
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