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2024 INTERNATIONAL TOPICAL MEETING ON NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS OF ACCELERATORS

Mar 15 – 21, 2024
Sheraton Waterside Hotel
US/Eastern timezone

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Session

Medical Applications of Accelerators - 3

Mar 20, 2024, 3:20 PM
Ballroom (Sheraton Waterside Hotel)

Ballroom

Sheraton Waterside Hotel

777 Waterside Dr. Norfolk, VA 23510

Conveners

Medical Applications of Accelerators - 3

  • Greg Severin (Michigan State University)

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  1. 229. Transformative Accelerator Technologies for Flash Radiotherapy*
    Carol Johnstone (Fermi National Accelerator Lab)
    3/20/24, 3:20 PM
    Medical Applications of Accelerators
    Invited Talk

    Conventional therapy to treat cancer is through surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and immunotherapy with 2/3 of cancer patients receiving radiation therapy during the course of their treatment. Conventional radiation therapy with X-ray, protons and ions increases the therapeutic index by creating a physical dose differential between tumors and normal tissues through precision dose...

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  2. 122. A compact medical cyclotron for research into medical and multi-disciplinary applications
    Saverio Braccini (AEC-LHEP, University of Bern)
    3/20/24, 3:50 PM
    Medical Applications of Accelerators
    Invited Talk

    The Bern medical cyclotron laboratory is based on a 18 MeV proton cyclotron equipped with a specifically conceived 6 m long research beam line, terminated in a separate bunker. This particular configuration is designed for industrial Positron Emission Tomography (PET) radioisotope production as well as for multi-disciplinary scientific activities. A research program is ongoing encompassing...

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  3. 231. A New US Center for Heavy Ion Therapy and Research
    Carol Johnstone (Fermi National Accelerator Lab)
    3/20/24, 4:20 PM
    Medical Applications of Accelerators
    Oral Presentation

    Progress in cancer therapy with ions heavier than protons, i.e., notably helium and carbon, but also as heavy as oxygen and neon, requires research and development capability preferably in a broad user environment. Heavy ion therapy offers significant advantages in the treatment of many types of cancer compared to protons and, even more so, to conventional radiotherapy with high energy x-rays...

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  4. 167. Facility Design for the FLASH proton therapy
    Trbojevic Dejan (BNL)
    3/20/24, 4:40 PM
    Medical Applications of Accelerators
    Oral Presentation

    We present a design of the complete proton FLASH radiation therapy facility using the Brag peak. It includes commercially available injector cyclotron (10-30 MeV) with the fixed field alternating (FFA) gradient beam lines, permanent magnet fast-cycling synchrotron accelerator, and a delivery system- an FFA gantry. This facility removes limitations of the present proton cancer therapy...

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  5. 83. Detailed Transfer Line Beam Characteristics at an Operational Proton Therapy Center
    George Gillespie (G. H. Gillespie Associates, Inc.)
    3/20/24, 5:00 PM
    Medical Applications of Accelerators
    Oral Presentation

    The McLaren Proton Therapy Center functions as a clinically active, multi-room cancer treatment center. Beam size, position, and current measurements along the transfer lines are being utilized together with simulations to validate computer models for the Center’s transfer lines and associated beam parameters. BPM data collected along the beam lines provide detailed beam measurements. A...

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