| Title |
Status of KAERI 6 MeV 9.3 GHz X-Band Electron Linac for Cancer Treatment System |
| Authors |
- B.N. Lee, B.C. Lee, S.H. Lee, S. Lee, H.D. Park, K.B. Song
KAERI, Dae-jeon, Republic of Korea
- P. Buaphad, Y. Kim
ISU, Pocatello, Idaho, USA
- S.S. Cha
UST, Daejeon City, Republic of Korea
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| Abstract |
The X-band RF linear accelerators (LINAC’s) are popular for medical application due to its compactness. To increase the precision of treatment accuracy under circumstance in which the LINAC is mounted on an apparatus such as gantry frame or robot-arm; this is an advantage as the weight and size are more reduced. It is a 9.3 GHz magnetron with the most readily available RF generator in the X-band frequencies from 8 GHz to 12 GHz and the magnetron is mainly used for the source of the RF power in a compact LINAC. The average power of the magnetron at 9.3~GHz is generally a few MW and this amount could provide a sufficient radiation dose-rate for tumour therapy. KAERI has been developing a new compact 9.3 GHz X-band electron LINAC for a cancer treatment system. The maximum energy of the electron beam is 6 MeV and the average beam power at the tungsten target is about 1 kW. In this paper, we describe the status of development of the 6 MeV X-band LINAC at KAERI.
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| Funding |
This work was supported by a grant from the (NRF funded by the MSIFP, Korea (No.2013M2A2A4023350) and the Industrial Strategic technology development program, 10043897, funded By the MOTIE, Korea. |
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| Conference |
IPAC2014, Dresden, Germany |
| Series |
International Particle Accelerator Conference (5th) |
| Proceedings |
Link to full IPAC2014 Proccedings |
| Session |
Poster Session, Ronaldo Area |
| Date |
18-Jun-14 16:00–18:00 |
| Main Classification |
08 Applications of Accelerators |
| Sub Classification |
U01 Medical Applications |
| Keywords |
linac, electron, cavity, gun, radiation |
| Publisher |
JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editors |
Christine Petit-Jean-Genaz (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland); Gianluigi Arduini (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland); Peter Michel (HZDR, Dresden, Germany); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany) |
| ISBN |
978-3-95450-132-8 |
| Published |
July 2014 |
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