Accelerators for hadrontherapy: From Lawrence cyclotrons to linacs

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

Volumn 620, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 563-577

  Amaldi, U ^a,b   Bonomi, R ^a   Braccini, S ^a,c   Crescenti, M ^a,d   Degiovanni, A ^a   Garlasch, M ^a   Garonna, A ^a   Magrin, G ^a,e   Mellace, C ^a,e   Pearce, P ^a,e   Pitta G ^a,e   Puggioni, P ^a,e   Rosso, E ^a   Verd Andres S ^a,f   Wegner, R ^a   Weiss, M ^a,h   Zennaro, R ^a,g  

^a TERA Foundation   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE   (Netherlands)

^e ADAM SA   (Switzerland)

^f CSIC   (Spain)

^g CERN   (Switzerland)

^h PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon ion therapy; Cyclinac; Cyclotron; Dose delivery; Hadrontherapy; Linac; Medical accelerators; Particle therapy; Proton therapy; Radiation oncology; Synchrotron

Indexed keywords

CARBON; IONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; ONCOLOGY; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; PROTON BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SYNCHROTRONS;

CARBON ION THERAPY; CYCLINAC; DOSE DELIVERY; HADRON THERAPY; LINAC; MEDICAL ACCELERATOR; PARTICLE THERAPY; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION ONCOLOGY;

CYCLOTRONS;

EID: 77955518164     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.03.130     Document Type: Review

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