LIBO - A linac-booster for protontherapy: Construction and tests of a prototype

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 521, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 512-529

  Amaldi, U ^a,b,f   Berra, P ^a   Crandall, K ^a   Toet, D ^a   Weiss, M ^a   Zennaro, R ^a   Rosso, E ^b   Szeless, B ^b   Vretenar, M ^b   Cicardi, C ^c,d   De Martinis, C ^c,d   Giove, D ^c,d   Davino, D ^e   Masullo, M R ^e   Vaccaro, V ^e  

^a TERA Foundation   (Italy)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy booster; Linac; Proton therapy; SCL

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BOOSTER; LINAC; PROTON THERAPY; SCL;

CYCLOTRONS; FREQUENCIES; IRRADIATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; TUMORS; X RAYS;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 12144290216     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2003.07.062     Document Type: Article

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