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RCMS - A SECOND GENERATION MEDICAL SYNCHROTRON.

Conference ·
OSTI ID:789653
The Loma Linda University Medical Center treats more than 100 patients per day using a weak focusing slow cycling synchrotron with passive scattering nozzles at the end of rotatable gantries [1,2,3]. The Rapid Cycling Medical Synchrotron (RCMS) is a second generation synchrotron which will achieve the performance listed in Table 1, including rapid 3-D Pulsed Beam Scanning [4,5].
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
789653
Report Number(s):
BNL--68759; KA040301; KA040301
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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