| Title |
Optimization of Medical Accelerators |
| Authors |
- C.P. Welsch
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
- C.P. Welsch
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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| Abstract |
The Optimization of Medical Accelerators (OMA) is the aim of a new European Training Network. OMA joins universities, research centers and clinical facilities with industry partners to address the challenges in: treatment facility design and optimization; numerical simulations for the development of advanced treatment schemes; and beam imaging and treatment monitoring. Projects include: compact accelerators for proton beam energy boosting and gantry design; strategies for improving Monte Carlo codes for medical applications and treatment planning; and advanced diagnostics for online beam monitoring. The latter involves RF-based measurements of ultra-low charges and new encoding methodologies for ultra-fast 3D surface scanning. This contribution presents an overview of the network's research program and highlights the various challenges across the three scientific work packages. It also summarizes the network-wide training program consisting of schools, topical workshops and conferences that will be open to the wider medical and accelerator communities.
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| Funding |
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 675265. |
| Paper |
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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 |
proton, ion, diagnostics, detector, network |
| 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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