Intensity upgrade programme for the HIT injector linac

EPAC 2008 - Contributions to the Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1788-1790

  Cee, R ^a   Haberer, T ^a   Peters, A ^a   Scheloske, S ^a   Winkelmann, T ^a  

^a Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT)   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PATIENT TREATMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

HEIDELBERG; ION BEAM THERAPIES; LIMITED BEAMS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; TEST BENCHES; UPGRADE PROGRAMMES;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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