The Imaging and Medical Beam Line at the Australian Synchrotron

Journal Article · Fri Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3478195· OSTI ID:21410593

Hausermann, Daniel; Hall, Chris; Maksimenko, Anton; Campbell, Colin ^[1]

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1. Australian Synchrotron Company, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168 (Australia)

As a result of the enthusiastic support from the Australian biomedical, medical and clinical communities, the Australian Synchrotron is constructing a world-class facility for medical research, the 'Imaging and Medical Beamline'. The IMBL began phased commissioning in late 2008 and is scheduled to commence the first clinical research programs with patients in 2011. It will provide unrivalled x-ray facilities for imaging and radiotherapy for a wide range of research applications in diseases, treatments and understanding of physiological processes. The main clinical research drivers are currently high resolution and sensitivity cardiac and breast imaging, cell tracking applied to regenerative and stem cell medicine and cancer therapies. The beam line has a maximum source to sample distance of 136 m and will deliver a 60 cm by 4 cm x-ray beam1 - monochromatic and white - to a three storey satellite building fully equipped for pre-clinical and clinical research. Currently operating with a 1.4 Tesla multi-pole wiggler, it will upgrade to a 4.2 Tesla device which requires the ability to handle up to 21 kW of x-ray power at any point along the beam line. The applications envisaged for this facility include imaging thick objects encompassing materials, humans and animals. Imaging can be performed in the range 15-150 keV. Radiotherapy research typically requires energies between 30 and 120 keV, for both monochromatic and broad beam.

• OSTI ID: 21410593
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1266, Issue 1; Conference: 6. international conference on medical applications of synchrotron radiation, Melbourne (Australia), 15-18 Feb 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3478195; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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