• 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