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Irradiation methods and nozzle design for the advanced proton therapy facility
- Source :
- Chinese Physics C. 34:516-520
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- IOP Publishing, 2010.
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Abstract
- A conception design of the Advanced Proton Therapy Facility (APTF) has been carried out. The system intentionally employs a slow-cycling synchrotron with a maximum energy of 250 MeV, two rotating gantries and two fixed beam nozzles for the treatment. In this paper, we try to compare the strength and weaknesses between the two treatment methods: the beam spreading and the pencil beam scanning. The application of the pencil beam scanning method and the double-scattering method together with the related nozzle design at APTF is also given. The simulation results of employing the double-scattering method have been given during the preliminary design.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
business.industry
Nuclear engineering
Physics::Medical Physics
Nozzle
Treatment method
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Synchrotron
Fixed Beam
law.invention
Optics
law
Physics::Accelerator Physics
Irradiation
Pencil-beam scanning
business
Instrumentation
Proton therapy
Beam (structure)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16741137
- Volume :
- 34
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Chinese Physics C
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........ec3cefcc803a834aeef0f0ce822b04a6