| Autor: |
D.T. Fourie, A.H. Botha, Jennifer Wilson, H. A. Smit, D. T. L. Jones, F. J. A. Vernimmen, Clare E. Stannard, J. L. Conradie, A. N. Schreuder, A. Müller, A. O’Ryan |
| Rok vydání: |
1999 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
AIP Conference Proceedings. |
| Popis: |
The medical user group at the National Accelerator Center (NAC) is currently unable to treat all eligible patients with high energy protons. Developing a second proton treatment room is desirable since the 200 MeV proton beam from the NAC separated sector cyclotron is currently under-utilized during proton therapy sessions. During the patient positioning phase in one treatment room, the beam could be used for therapy in a second room. The second proton therapy treatment room at the NAC will be equipped with two non-orthogonal beam lines, one horizontal and one at 30 degrees to the vertical. The two beams will have a common isocentre. This beam arrangement together with a versatile patient positioning system (commercial robot arm) will provide the radiation oncologist with a diversity of possible beam arrangements and offers a reasonable cost-effective alternative to an isocentric gantry. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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