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https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2017-THPVA140
Title Superconducting Gantry Design for Proton Tomography
Authors
  • E. Oponowicz, H.L. Owen
    UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
Abstract Precise proton therapy planning can be assisted by augmenting conventional medical imaging techniques with proton computed tomography (pCT). For adults this requires an incident proton energy up to around 330 MeV, requiring superconducting magnets if an imaging gantry is to replace a conventional 230-250 MeV gantry in the same space. Here we present optics considerations for a superconducting gantry to deliver 330 MeV protons within the context of the future Christie Hospital proton therapy centre, where it is proposed to increase the proton energy in the future with a booster linac.
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Conference IPAC2017, Copenhagen, Denmark
Series International Particle Accelerator Conference (8th)
Proceedings Link to full IPAC2017 Proccedings
Session Posters Thursday 3
Date 18-May-17   16:00–18:00
Main Classification 08 Applications of Accelerators, Technology Transfer and Industrial Relations
Sub Classification U01 Medical Applications
Keywords proton, dipole, quadrupole, linac, optics
Publisher JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland
Editors Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany); Gianluigi Arduini (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland); Juliana Pranke (ESS, Lund, Sweden); Mike Seidel (PSI, Villigen, Switzerland); Mats Lindroos (ESS, Lund, Sweden)
ISBN 978-3-95450-182-3
Published May 2017
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