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Radio frequency conditioning of an S-band accelerating structure prototype for compact proton therapy facility
The development of a high-gradient accelerating structure is underway to construct a compact proton linear accelerator for cancer treatment....
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Proton linac-based therapy facility for ultra-high dose rate (FLASH) treatment
As an advanced treatment method in the past five years, ultra-high dose rate (FLASH) radiotherapy as a breakthrough and milestone in radiotherapy...
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Design of a personnel safety interlock system for proton therapy
Proton therapy is the most advanced radiotherapy approach in the world, and causes less damage to normal human tissue than traditional radiotherapy....
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Physical design and multi-particle simulations of a compact IH-DTL with KONUS beam dynamics for proton therapy
A compact room-temperature inter-digital H-mode (IH) drift tube linac (DTL) with Kombinierte Null Grad Struktur beam dynamics is proposed in this...
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Reformatted method for two-dimensional detector arrays measurement data in proton pencil beam scanning
The spatial resolution of a commercial two-dimensional (2D) ionization chamber (IC) array is limited by the size of the individual detector and the...
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Quantifying lateral penumbra advantages of collimated spot-scanning beam for intensity-modulated proton therapy
Intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) is becoming essential for proton therapy and is under rapid development. However, for IMPT, the lateral...
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Dosimetry calculations of involved and noninvolved organs in proton therapy of liver cancer: a simulation study
Radiation for targeting liver tumors can be challenging because of the damage that it can cause to sensitive organs such as heart and kidney. To...
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Collection efficiency of a monitor parallel plate ionization chamber for pencil beam scanning proton therapy
The collection efficiency of monitor parallel plate ionization chambers is the main uncertainty in the beam control of pencil beam scanning systems....
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Radiation shielding design of a compact single-room proton therapy based on synchrotron
A synchrotron-based proton therapy (PT) facility that conforms with the requirement of future development trend in compact PT can be operated without...
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Design of a 200-MHz continuous-wave radio frequency quadrupole accelerator for boron neutron capture therapy
A high-intensity continuous-wave (CW) radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator is designed for boron neutron capture therapy. The transmission...
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Optimization of the S-band side-coupled cavities for proton acceleration
The proton beam with energy around 100 MeV has seen wide applications in modern scientific research and in various fields. However, proton sources in...
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Energy loss of degrader in SC200 proton therapy facility
The proton beam energy determines the range of particles and thus where the dose is deposited. According to the depth of tumors, an energy degrader...
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Medical Cyclotron \(^{18}F\) Radionuclides Production Simulation in a Liquid Target with 16.5 MeV Proton Beam
Medical cyclotrons are devices dedicated to the production of radionuclides administered to patients to perform either diagnostics or therapy. The...
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Determination of water equivalent ratio for some dosimetric materials in proton therapy using MNCPX simulation tool
The water equivalent ratio (WER) was calculated for polypropylene (PP), paraffin, polyethylene (PE), polystyrene (PS), polymethyl methacrylate...
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RF design and study of a 325 MHz 7 MeV APF IH-DTL for an injector of a proton medical accelerator
A compact interdigital H-mode drift-tube linac (IH-DTL) with the alternating-phase-focusing (APF) method, working at 325 MHz was designed for an...
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Beam optics study for energy selection system of SC200 superconducting proton cyclotron
To meet the demands on proton therapy in Russia and China, JINR and ASIPP have started to develop a proton therapy facility based on an isochronous...
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Beam optics and isocenter property of SC200 proton therapy gantry
Studies on beam optics and the isocenter property in the gantry system for the SC200 (Superconducting Isochronous Cyclotron of 200 MeV in Hefei,...
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Train probe for beam diagnostics of the SC200 superconducting cyclotron
The SC200 proton therapy system commissioned by the Hefei CAS Ion Medical and Technical Devices Co., Ltd. (HFCIM; Hefei, China) and the Joint...
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Study of neutron production and moderation for sulfur neutron capture therapy
Neutron capture therapy with Sulfur-33, similar to boron neutron capture therapy with Boron-10, is effective in treating some types of tumors...
