Current and future accelerator technologies for charged particle therapy (original) (raw)
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Abstract
The past few years have seen significant developments both of the technologies available for proton and other charged particle therapies, and of the number and spread of therapy centres. In this review we give an overview of these technology developments, and outline the principal challenges and opportunities we see as important in the next decade. Notable amongst these is the ever-increasing use of superconductivity both in particle sources and for treatment delivery, which is likely to greatly increase the accessibility of charged particle therapy treatments to hospital centres worldwide.
Publication:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A
Pub Date:
February 2016
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Keywords:
- Accelerator;
- Radiotherapy;
- Proton;
- Cyclotron;
- Synchrotron;
- Linac