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DOI:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-TUPOY004
Title Recommissioning of the Marburg Ion-beam Therapy Centre (MIT) Accelerator Facility
Authors
  • U. Scheeler, Th. Haberer, C. Krantz, S.T. Sievers, M.M. Strohmeier
    MIT, Marburg, Germany
  • R. Cee, E. Feldmeier, M. Galonska, K. Höppner, J.M. Mosthaf, A. Peters, S. Scheloske, C. Schömers, T.W. Winkelmann
    HIT, Heidelberg, Germany
Abstract The Marburg Ion-Beam Therapy Centre (MIT), located in Marburg, Germany, is in clinical operation since 2015. MIT is designed for precision cancer treatment using beams of protons or carbon nuclei, employing the raster scanning technique. The accelerator facility consists of a linac-synchrotron combination, developed by Siemens Healthcare/Danfysik, that was in a state of permanent stand-by upon purchase. With support from its Heidelberg-based sister facility HIT, the MIT operation company (MIT Betriebs GmbH) recommissioned the machine in only 13 months, reaching clinical standards of beam quality delivered to all four beam outlets. With the first medical treatment in October 2015, MIT became the third operational hadron beam therapy centre in Europe offering both proton and carbon beams.
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Conference IPAC2016, Busan, Korea
Series International Particle Accelerator Conference (7th)
Proceedings Link to full IPAC2016 Proccedings
Session Poster Session
Date 10-May-16   16:00–18:00
Main Classification 08 Applications of Accelerators
Sub Classification U01 Medical Applications
Keywords ion, proton, operation, synchrotron, extraction
Publisher JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland
Editors Christine Petit-Jean-Genaz (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland); Dong Eon Kim (PAL, Pohang, Republic of Korea); Kyung Sook Kim (PAL, Pohang, Republic of Korea); In Soo Ko (POSTECH, Pohang, Republic of Korea); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany)
ISBN 978-3-95450-147-2
Published June 2016
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