Pion Beam Development for the LAMPF Biomedical Project

Common to both static and dynamic patient irradiations at the LAMPF linac is the problem of maintaining good quality control of beams form a secondary channel. A major contributor to therapy beam variation has been change in electron contamination due to the change in target geometry and proton beam...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on nuclear science 1979-01, Vol.26 (3), p.3071-3073
Main Authors: Paciotti, Michael, Amols, Howard, Bradbury, James, Rivera, Oliyer, Hogstrom, Kenneth, Smith, Alfred, Inoue, Hikaru, Laubacher, Daniel, Sandford, Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
430303 - Particle Accelerators- Experimental Facilities & Equipment
ACCELERATOR FACILITIES
ACCELERATORS
BEAM DYNAMICS
BEAMS
Biomedical measurements
Cancer
CONTROL
Electrons
Geometry
IRRADIATION DEVICES
LAMPF LINAC
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
Medical treatment
MEDICINE
MESON BEAMS
MESON FACTORIES
Mesons
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
PARTICLE BEAMS
Phase measurement
PION BEAMS
Pollution measurement
QUALITY CONTROL
RADIOLOGY
RADIOTHERAPY
TARGETS
THERAPY
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Summary:Common to both static and dynamic patient irradiations at the LAMPF linac is the problem of maintaining good quality control of beams form a secondary channel. A major contributor to therapy beam variation has been change in electron contamination due to the change in target geometry and proton beam steering. The electron variation problem is described and a solution is presented that has been realized as a result o a new target geometry that allows some control of the electron fraction. (GHT)
ISSN:0018-9499
1558-1578
DOI:10.1109/TNS.1979.4329943