New superconducting cyclotron driven scanning proton therapy systems

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 241, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 721-726

  Klein, Hans Udo ^a   Baumgarten, Christian ^a   Geisler, Andreas ^a   Heese, Jürgen ^a   Hobl, Achim ^a   Krischel, Detlef ^a   Schillo, Michael ^a   Schmidt, Stefan ^a   Timmer, Jan ^a  

^a ACCEL Instruments GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control software; Gantry; Patient position verification; Proton therapy systems; PSI; RPTC; Scanning beam; Superconducting medical cyclotron; Treatment table

Indexed keywords

DRUG THERAPY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PROTON BEAMS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

CONTROL SOFTWARE; GANTRY; PATIENT POSITION VERIFICATION; PROTON THERAPY SYSTEMS; PSI; RPTC; SCANNING BEAMS; SUPERCONDUCTING MEDICAL CYCLOTRONS; TREATMENT TABLE;

CYCLOTRONS;

EID: 28044464241     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2005.07.123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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3. A. Geisler, C. Baumgarten, A. Hobl, U. Klein, D. Krischel, M. Schillo, J. Timmer, Status Report of the ACCEL 250 MeV Medical Cyclotron, in: Proceedings of "Cyclotrons 2004, the 17th International Conference on Cyclotrons and Their Applications in Tokyo, Japan, submitted for publication.