Beam-transport study of an isocentric rotating ion gantry with minimum number of quadrupoles

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

Volumn 545, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 412-426

  Pavlovic, Márius ^a,b   Griesmayer, Erich ^b   Seemann, Rolf ^b  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b Fotec GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Beam optics; Beam transport; Ion gantry; Ion therapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROTONS;

BEAM OPTICS; BEAM TRANSPORT; ION GANTRY; ION THERAPY;

ION BEAMS;

EID: 19044401027     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.01.322     Document Type: Article

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