A compact linac for intensity modulated proton therapy based on a dielectric wall accelerator

Physica Medica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 98-101

  Caporaso, G J ^a   Mackie, T R ^b,c   Sampayan, S ^a   Chen, Y J ^a   Blackfield, D ^a   Harris, J ^a   Hawkins, S ^a   Holmes, C ^a   Nelson, S ^a   Paul, A ^a   Poole, B ^a   Rhodes, M ^a   Sanders, D ^a   Sullivan, J ^a   Wang, L ^a   Watson, J ^a   Reckwerdt, P J ^b   Schmidt, R ^b   Pearson, D ^b   Flynn, R W ^c   Matthews, D ^d   Purdy, J ^d   more..

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hadron therapy; Linear accelerator; Proton therapy; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; DIELECTRIC WALL ACCELERATOR; ELECTRIC FIELD; HADRON; INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; X RAY;

BIOPHYSICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44649154330     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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