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Double multiturn injection scheme for generating mixed helium and carbon ion beams at medical synchrotron facilities Open
The low relative charge-to-mass ratio offset of 0.065% between fully ionized helium-4 and carbon-12 ions enables simultaneous acceleration in hadron therapy synchrotrons. At the same energy per mass, helium ions exhibit a stopping range ap…
Pulsed RF knock-out extraction: a potential enabler for FLASH hadrontherapy in the Bragg peak Open
One challenge on the path to delivering FLASH-compatible beams with a synchrotron is facilitating an accurate dose control for the required ultra-high dose rates. We propose the use of pulsed RFKO extraction instead of continuous beam deli…
Performance increase for a medical proton beam ECRIS through dual frequency heating at MedAustron ion therapy center Open
The MedAustron facility, located in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, is a state-of-the-art synchrotron-based particle therapy center that provides irradiation with proton and carbon ion beams in an energy range of 62MeV to 252MeV and 120MeV/u to …
Pulsed RF Knock-Out Extraction: A Potential Enabler for FLASH Hadrontherapy in the Bragg Peak Open
One challenge on the path to delivering FLASH-compatible beams with a synchrotron is facilitating an accurate dose-control for the required ultra-high dose rates. We propose the use of pulsed RFKO extraction instead of continuous beam deli…
Technical Design Report for a Carbon-11 Treatment Facility Open
Particle therapy relies on the advantageous dose deposition which permits to highly conform the dose to the target and better spare the surrounding healthy tissues and organs at risk with respect to conventional radiotherapy. In the case o…
First injector commissioning results with helium beam at MedAustron Ion Therapy Center Open
MedAustron is a synchrotron-based Particle Therapy Accelerator located in lower Austria which delivers clinical proton and carbon beams in the range of 62-252.7 MeV/u and 120-400 MeV/u respectively in two clinical treatment rooms. A proton…
Medipix3 proton and carbon ion measurements across full energy ranges and at clinical flux rates in MedAustron IR1 Open
The Medipix3, a hybrid pixel detector with a silicon sensor, has been evaluated as a beam instrumentation device with proton and carbon ion measurements in the non-clinical research room (IR1) of MedAustron Ion Therapy Center. Protons ener…
View article: Status of the Carbon Ion Source Commissioning at MedAustron
Status of the Carbon Ion Source Commissioning at MedAustron Open
MedAustron is a synchrotron-based Ion therapy center situated in lower Austria. Accelerated proton beams with energies of 62-252 MeV/u are used to treat patients with cancer since 2016. Carbon ion beam is currently under commissioning and …
Status of the Carbon Commissioning and Roadmap Projects of the MedAustron Ion Therapy Center Accelerator Open
The synchrotron-based MedAustron Particle Therapy Accelerator MAPTA located in Austria, delivers proton beams for medical treatment in the energy range 62-252 MeV/n since the year 2016 and is in preparation to provide C⁶⁺ carbon ions in th…
Synchrotron Emittance Analysis Procedure at MedAustron Open
MedAustron is a synchrotron based medical accelerator facility for particle therapy providing protons and carbon ions with clinical energies from 60 MeV to 250 MeV and 120 MeV/n to 400 MeV/n respectively. The facility features four irradia…
Slow Extraction Optimization at the MedAustron Ion Therapy Center: Implementation of Front End Acceleration and RF Knock Out Open
MedAustron is a synchrotron-based ion therapy center allowing tumour treatment with protons and other light ion species, in particular C⁶⁺. Commissioning of all fixed lines, two horizontal and one vertical, has been completed for protons a…
Status of Carbon Commissioning of the MedAustron Therapy Accelerator Open
The MedAustron therapy accelerator is intended to treat cancer patients with proton and carbon beams of 62-252 MeV and 120-400 MeV respectively. The accelerator features three Supernanogan ECR ion sources, a 400 keV/u RFQ and a 7 MeV/u int…
Commissioning of the MedAustron injector for carbon ion treatment beams Open
MedAustron is a synchrotron based hadron therapy center. The design based on the PIMMS (Proton Ion Medical Machine Study) uses proton and carbon ions. The facility features 4 irradiation rooms. Three rooms are dedicated to clinical operati…
Overview and Status of the MedAustron Ion Therapy Center Accelerator Open
The synchrotron-based MedAustron accelerator in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, has seen the first clinical beam and has been certified as a medical accelerator in December 2016. This represented a major milestone for the facility whose original…
Upgrade Study of the MedAustron Ion Beam Center Open
MedAustron is a synchrotron-based ion beam therapy center allowing the treatment of tumours with protons and other light ion species, in particular C⁶⁺. Commissioning of the first irradiation room for clinical therapy with proton beams has…
The Beam Quality Assurance of the MedAustron Particle Therapy Accelerator Open
The delivery of clinical beams for patient treatment at the MedAustron Ion Therapy Center requires extensive accelerator performance verifications, which are performed in several steps. In first instance, the key parameters of the beam del…
View article: Beam Measurements in the MedAustron Synchrotron With Slow Extraction and Off-Momentum Operation
Beam Measurements in the MedAustron Synchrotron With Slow Extraction and Off-Momentum Operation Open
The MedAustron Ion Therapy Center is a medical accelerator facility for hadron therapy cancer treatment using protons and carbon ions. The facility features 4 irradiation rooms, three of which are dedicated to clinical operation and a four…
View article: Status of Proton Beam Commissioning of the MedAustron Particle Therapy Accelerator
Status of Proton Beam Commissioning of the MedAustron Particle Therapy Accelerator Open
MedAustron is a synchrotron-based ion beam therapy centre, designed to deliver clinical beams of protons (60-250 MeV) and carbon ions (120-400 MeV/u) to three clinical irradiation rooms (IR) and one research room, which can also host 800 M…
Extraction Commissioning for MedAustron Proton Operation Open
MedAustron is a synchrotron based ion beam therapy center for proton (62-250 MeV) and carbon ion (120-400 MeV/n) treatments. The MedAustron synchrotron uses a betatron core driven slow extraction scheme based on a third order resonance. Th…
View article: Beam Quality Assurance for Proton Clinical Beams at MedAustron
Beam Quality Assurance for Proton Clinical Beams at MedAustron Open
The commissioning process of the MedAustron accelerator has delivered the configurations providing the requested beam parameters in the irradiation room, and at the same time it identified the critical points where a performance drift can …
View article: Betatron Core Driven Slow Extraction at CNAO and MedAustron
Betatron Core Driven Slow Extraction at CNAO and MedAustron Open
The Italian Centre for Hadrontherapy (CNAO) and the MedAustron Hadrontherapy Center in Austria are synchrotron-based medical therapy centers. The CNAO machine has five years of experience in patient treatments, whereas MedAustron will soon…
View article: HEBT Commissioning for Horizontal Beamline Proton Treatments at MedaAustron
HEBT Commissioning for Horizontal Beamline Proton Treatments at MedaAustron Open
MedAustron has completed its proton commissioning activities for clinical treatment in the horizontal Irradiation Room 3 (IR3). Work involved the preparation of 255 energies in clinical range (60 - 250 MeV) for one spill length, one spot s…
View article: MedAustron Synchrotron RF Commissioning for Medical Proton Beams
MedAustron Synchrotron RF Commissioning for Medical Proton Beams Open
MedAustron is a medical accelerator facility for hadron therapy cancer treatment using protons and carbon ions. The Synchrotron is driven by a 0.47-3.26 MHz Finemet® loaded wideband cavity powered by 12x 1kW solid state amplifiers connecte…