Title :
Superconducting pion facility for medical application
Author_Institution :
Swiss Institute for Nuclear Research, Villigen, Switzerland
fDate :
9/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
June, 1980, the superconducting pion spectrometer of the radiotherapy facility was successfully put into operation. Motivation, general design features, construction, operational characteristics and first application experience are reported.
Keywords :
Meson radiation therapy; Particle spectroscopy; Superconducting magnets; Biomedical equipment; Cancer; Magnetic levitation; Magnetic separation; Medical services; Medical treatment; Mesons; Particle beams; Silicon compounds; Superconducting magnets;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.1981.1061464
