Technical Design of Hadron Therapy Facilities
Radiation therapy with hadron beams now has a 40-year track record at many accelerator laboratories around the world, essentially all of these originally physics-research oriented. The great promise shown for treating cancer has led the medical community to seek dedicated accelerator facilities in a hospital setting, where more rapid progress can be made in clinical research. This paper will discuss accelerator and beam characteristics relevant to hadron therapy, particularly as applied to hospital-based facilities. A survey of currently-operating and planned hadron therapy facilities will be given, with particular emphasis on Lorna Linda (the first dedicated proton facility in a hospital) and HIMAC (the first dedicated heavy-ion medical facility).
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 928423
- Report Number(s):
- LBL-34722; TRN: US200815%%558
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Eighteen International Seminar on PlanetaryEmergencies, and NATO Workshop on Global Stability through Disarmament,Erice, Italy, August 19-23, 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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