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Compact, Low-Cost, Light-Weight, Superconducting, Ironless Cyclotrons for Hadron Radiotherapy (Final Report)

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1505372· OSTI ID:1505372
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  1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Plasma Science and Fusion Center
  2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center
  3. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Department of Physics
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This is the final report of a conceptual design study to demonstrate the feasibility of an ironless, superconducting synchrocyclotron for use as a particle accelerator in the clinical treatment of cancer using proton beam radiotherapy (PBRT). Furthermore, the ironless synchrocyclotron approach can be scaled up to accelerate light ions up to carbon, offering significant treatment advantages over conventional proton therapies, and offers a path for more rapid introduction of this technology to clinical uses.
Research Organization:
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
Contributing Organization:
ProNova Solutions, LLC, Knoxville, TN (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0013499
OSTI ID:
1505372
Report Number(s):
Final-Report-DOE-MIT--0013499
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
Hadron Therapy
Proton Beam Radiotherapy
Superconducting Cyclotron