Email this article Simple Equipment for Effective Utilization of a Proton Accelerator for Medical Purposes
- Authors: Kats M.M.1
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Affiliations:
- A. I. Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”
- Issue: Vol 53, No 4 (2019)
- Pages: 266-269
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0006-3398/article/view/236199
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10527-019-09923-y
- ID: 236199
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Abstract
We propose the use of a proton beam from any type of accelerator and a complex system for transporting the beam into three procedure rooms not containing gantries with the aim of decreasing the cost and dimensions of large-scale radiotherapy centers and improving their quality. Each procedure room has facilities to select the direction of irradiation over a quite wide range, with active distribution of the dose into the target volume and use of a mobile tomograph at the site of irradiation.
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M. M. Kats
A. I. Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”
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Email: markmkats@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow
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