The final technical report of the CRADA, 'Medical Accelerator Technology'

Chu, W.T. ; Rawls, J.M.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

关键词: Ion Sources;    Protons;    Patients;    Therapy;    43 Particle Accelerators;   

DOI  :  10.2172/767626
RP-ID  :  LBNL--46639
RP-ID  :  AC03-76SF00098
RP-ID  :  767626

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Under this CRADA, Berkeley Lab and the industry partner, General Atomics (GA), have cooperatively developed hadron therapy technologies for commercialization. Specifically, Berkeley Lab and GA jointly developed beam transport systems to bring the extracted protons from the accelerator to the treatment rooms, rotating gantries to aim the treatment beams precisely into patients from any angle, and patient positioners to align the patient accurately relative to the treatment beams. We have also jointly developed a patient treatment delivery system that controls the radiation doses in the patient, and hardware to improve the accelerator performances, including a radio-frequency ion source and its low-energy beam transport (LEBT) system. This project facilitated the commercialization of the DOE-developed technologies in hadron therapy by the private sector in order to improve the quality of life of the nation.