Superconducting toroidal combined-function magnet for a compact ion beam cancer therapy gantry

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

Volumn 659, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 484-493

  Robin, D S ^a   Arbelaez, D ^a   Caspi, S ^a   Sun, C ^a   Sessler, A ^a   Wan, W ^a   Yoon, M ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon gantry; Gantry beam optics; Hadron therapy; Superconducting magnets

Indexed keywords

BEAM OPTICS; CANCER THERAPY; COIL WINDING; GANTRY DESIGN; HADRON THERAPY; LARGE BORE; PARTICLE TRACKING; SCANNING MAGNET; SEXTUPOLE COMPONENTS; SMALL SIZE; TOROIDAL MAGNETS; UNDESIRABLE EFFECTS;

DISEASES; ION BEAMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ONCOLOGY; OPTICS; SCANNING; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

EID: 80455160312     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2011.08.049     Document Type: Article

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