EARLY-CAREER RESEARCHERS IN MEDICAL APPLICATIONS @ CERN – SHORT TALKS

Contribution List

1. Introduction

Maurizio Vretenar (CERN)

06/10/2021, 14:00

3. Design of a ‘bent linac’ for carbon ion therapy

Vittorio Bencini (TERA Foundation (IT))

06/10/2021, 14:10

High-frequency linear accelerators are very suitable for carbon ion therapy, thanks to the reduced operational costs and the high beam quality with respect to synchrotrons, which are presently the only available technology for this application.
The ‘bent linac’, based on the latest accelerators technologies developed at CERN, introduces an innovative design tailored to better fit the...

4. How to design extraction from the NIMMS synchrotron

Rebecca Taylor (Imperial College London)

06/10/2021, 14:35

Abstract: The extraction of heavy ions for hadron therapy is crucial to provide a good quality beam which meets medical requirements. The design choices of slow extraction are explained in this talk, and extraction simulations results from a normal-conducting synchrotron are compared to results from existing hadron therapy accelerators.

2. Beam optics studies for GaToroid

Ewa Oponowicz (CERN)

06/10/2021, 15:00

Abstract:
GaToroid is a novel concept of a beam delivery system for hadron therapy. It comprises toroidal magnets to bend and focus the beam onto the patient location from a discrete number of directions. As GaToroid operates in a steady-state and consists of superconducting magnets, it can significantly reduce the complexity, cost, weight, and footprint of charged particle therapy systems....