Title :
Overview of PAMELA project : An approach to particle therapy using NS-FFAG
Author :
Yokoi, Takeichiro
Author_Institution :
John Adams Inst., Oxford Univ., Oxford, UK
fDate :
Oct. 24 2009-Nov. 1 2009
Abstract :
PAMELA(Particle Accelerator for Medical Application) aims to design a particle therapy facility using non-scaling FFAG(Fixed Field Alternating Gradient) accelerator. A newly proposed lattice design and new type of combined function magnet provide the accelerator flexible tuneablity of operating point and various operation mode. A remarkable features for a fixed field accelerator is its high repetition rate, about 1kHz and energy variable beam extraction. These features make the machine as a promising candidate of versatile accelerator not restricted to medical applications.
Keywords :
cyclic accelerators; particle beam extraction; radiation therapy; PAMELA project overview; combined function magnet; energy variable beam extraction; fixed field accelerator; lattice design; medical applications; nonscaling FFAG accelerator; particle therapy facility; repetition rate; tuneablity; Acceleration; Intensity modulation; Lattices; Medical treatment; Optical modulation; Painting; Particle accelerators; Particle beam injection; Particle beams; Proton accelerators; Accelerators; Biomedical applications of radiation; Medical services;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2009 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3961-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402302
