The Monochromatic Compton X-ray Source for Cancer Diagnostics and Therapy

Author

Zheng, D. ; Frederick, W.J. ; DeStefano, C. ; Vlieks, A.E. ; Landahl, E. ; Kwan, A. ; Heritage, J.P. ; Norman, A. ; Boone, J.M. ; Luhmann, N.C., Jr.

Author_Institution

Univ. of California at Davis, Davis

fYear

2006

fDate

18-22 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

580

Lastpage

580

Abstract

The Compton X-ray source (CXS) is based on Compton backscattering of a high peak power (TW), short pulse (~200 fs) laser beam off energetic electrons (20-80 MeV) produced by an 11.424 GHz photoinjector/linear accelerator. Monochromatic X-rays tunable between 15 and 80 keV result from the Compton scattering process. The compact CXS is much smaller than storage ring synchrotron light sources and fits in a single room and thus holds great potential in clinical applications. Biomedical studies are under way to explore the superiority of the CXS in early cancer detection and better diagnostics by monochromatic imaging, and the novel x-ray phototherapy[1] that marries radiation therapy with nano-scale cancer targeting.

Keywords

Compton effect; X-ray scattering; backscatter; biomedical optical imaging; diagnostic radiography; CXS; Compton backscattering; biomedical studies; cancer diagnostics; cancer therapy; laser beam off energetic electrons; monochromatic Compton X-ray source; monochromatic imaging; photoinjector/linear accelerator; storage ring synchrotron light sources; Backscatter; Cancer; Electron beams; Laser beams; Medical treatment; Optical pulses; Particle beams; Power lasers; Ring lasers; X-ray lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared Millimeter Waves and 14th International Conference on Teraherz Electronics, 2006. IRMMW-THz 2006. Joint 31st International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0400-2

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0400-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2006.368787

Filename

4222521