TY - GEN

T1 - ProTec - A Normal-Conducting Cyclinac for Proton Therapy Research and Radioisotope Production

AU - Apsimon, Robert James

AU - Burt, Graeme Campbell

AU - Mitchell, James

AU - Pitman, Sam

AU - Owen, Hywel

AU - Degiovanni, A.

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - The ProTec cyclinac proposes the use of a 24 MeV high-current cyclotron to inject protons into a normal-conducting linac pulsed at up to 1 kHz to give energies up to 150 MeV. As well as producing radioisotopes such as 99mTc, the cyclinac also provides proton beams at higher energy with clinically-relevant beam properties. In this paper we present a comparison of linac designs in which S-band structures are used at lower energies prior to injection into a high-gradient X-band structure; issues such as beam capture and transmission are evaluated.

AB - The ProTec cyclinac proposes the use of a 24 MeV high-current cyclotron to inject protons into a normal-conducting linac pulsed at up to 1 kHz to give energies up to 150 MeV. As well as producing radioisotopes such as 99mTc, the cyclinac also provides proton beams at higher energy with clinically-relevant beam properties. In this paper we present a comparison of linac designs in which S-band structures are used at lower energies prior to injection into a high-gradient X-band structure; issues such as beam capture and transmission are evaluated.

M3 - Conference contribution/Paper

SN - 9783954501687

SP - 3883

EP - 3885

BT - Proceedings of the 6th International Particle Accelerator Conference

PB - JACoW

ER -