Review of ion beam therapy: Present and Future

Conference · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2000

OSTI ID:765471

Alonso, Jose R

First therapy efforts at the Bevalac using neon ions took place in the 70's and 80's. Promising results led to construction of HIMAC in Chiba Japan, and more recently to therapy trials at GSI. Both these facilities are now treating patients with carbon beams. Advances in both accelerator technology and beam delivery have taken place at these two centers. Plans are well along for new facilities in Europe and Japan.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Director, Office of Science. Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 765471
• Report Number(s): LBNL-45137; TRN: US0005268
• Resource Relation: Conference: The 7th European Particle Accelerator Conference (EPAC 2000), Vienna (AT), 06/26/2000--06/30/2000; Other Information: PBD: 1 Jun 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
HIMAC ACCELERATOR
ION BEAMS
BEVALAC
CARBON IONS
NEON IONS
RADIOTHERAPY
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT