Recent results in accelerator physics have shown the feasibility of a coupling scheme between a cyclotron and a linac for proton acceleration. Cyclotrons with energies up to 30 MeV, mainly devoted to radioisotopes production, are available in a large number of medical centres. These two evidences have suggested the idea to study and design a linac booster able to increase the initial proton energy up to the values required for the treatment of tumors, like the ocular ones. One of the main challenges in such a project is related to meet the requirement of having sufficient mean current for therapy from a given injection current coming from the cyclotron. In this paper we will review the rationale of the project in order to optimize the transmittance and to minimize the duty-cycle. In this frame we will discuss the basic design of a compact 3GHz linac, from 30 to 62 MeV, with a new approach to the cavities used in a SCL (Side Coupled Linac) structure (PALME project).

Study of the dynamics in a linac booster for proton therapy in the 30-62 MEV energy range / V.G. Vaccaro, M.R. Masullo, S. Lanzone, T. Clauser, A. Raino’, V. Variale, C. De Martinis, D. Giove, M. Mauri - In: 2005 IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference[s.l] : IEEE, 2005. - ISBN 0-7803-8859-3. - pp. 2494-2496 (( convegno Particle Accelerator Conference tenutosi a Knoxville, USA nel 2005 [10.1109/PAC.2005.1591156].

Study of the dynamics in a linac booster for proton therapy in the 30-62 MEV energy range

C. De Martinis;M. Mauri
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2005

Abstract

Recent results in accelerator physics have shown the feasibility of a coupling scheme between a cyclotron and a linac for proton acceleration. Cyclotrons with energies up to 30 MeV, mainly devoted to radioisotopes production, are available in a large number of medical centres. These two evidences have suggested the idea to study and design a linac booster able to increase the initial proton energy up to the values required for the treatment of tumors, like the ocular ones. One of the main challenges in such a project is related to meet the requirement of having sufficient mean current for therapy from a given injection current coming from the cyclotron. In this paper we will review the rationale of the project in order to optimize the transmittance and to minimize the duty-cycle. In this frame we will discuss the basic design of a compact 3GHz linac, from 30 to 62 MeV, with a new approach to the cavities used in a SCL (Side Coupled Linac) structure (PALME project).
protontherapy ; linac ; beam dynamics
Settore ING-INF/01 - Elettronica
2005
http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/p05/PAPERS/RPAP037.PDF
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