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Title: Radiotherapy With Protons And Ion Beams

Abstract

The use of proton and ion beams has been proposed more than 60 years ago in 1946 by Robert Wilson. In 1955 the first patients were treated with proton beams in Berkeley. Since then radiotherapy with proton and ion beams has constantly been developed at research centers. Within the last decade, however, a considerable number of hospital based facilities came into operation. In this paper an overview over the basic physical and biological properties of proton and ion beams is given. The basic accelerator concepts are outlined and the design of treatment facilities is described. Then the medical physics aspects of the beam delivery, dosimetry and treatment planning are discussed before the clinical concepts are briefly reviewed.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center at the University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 450, 69120 Heidelberg (Germany)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21367260
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1231; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: LA RABIDA 2009: International scientific meeting on nuclear physics: Basic concepts in nuclear physics - Theory, experiments and applications, La Rabida (Spain), 4-10 Jul 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3428943; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; BEAM TRANSPORT; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DOSIMETRY; HOSPITALS; ION BEAMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; OPERATION; PATIENTS; PLANNING; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; BARYONS; BEAMS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BUILDINGS; CALCULATION METHODS; DISEASES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENTS; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEON BEAMS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY

Citation Formats

Jaekel, Oliver, and German Cancer Research Center, Dep. Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg. Radiotherapy With Protons And Ion Beams. United States: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.1063/1.3428943.
Jaekel, Oliver, & German Cancer Research Center, Dep. Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg. Radiotherapy With Protons And Ion Beams. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3428943
Jaekel, Oliver, and German Cancer Research Center, Dep. Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg. 2010. "Radiotherapy With Protons And Ion Beams". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3428943.
@article{osti_21367260,
title = {Radiotherapy With Protons And Ion Beams},
author = {Jaekel, Oliver and German Cancer Research Center, Dep. Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg},
abstractNote = {The use of proton and ion beams has been proposed more than 60 years ago in 1946 by Robert Wilson. In 1955 the first patients were treated with proton beams in Berkeley. Since then radiotherapy with proton and ion beams has constantly been developed at research centers. Within the last decade, however, a considerable number of hospital based facilities came into operation. In this paper an overview over the basic physical and biological properties of proton and ion beams is given. The basic accelerator concepts are outlined and the design of treatment facilities is described. Then the medical physics aspects of the beam delivery, dosimetry and treatment planning are discussed before the clinical concepts are briefly reviewed.},
doi = {10.1063/1.3428943},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21367260}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 1231,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2010},
month = {Mon Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2010}
}