Academia-Industry Matching Event on Superconductivity for Accelerators for Medical Applications

Session

Gantries

GS

25 Nov 2016, 11:00

CIEMAT - Madrid

19. Introduction to gantries and comparison of gantry design

Marco Pullia (CNAO), Frank Ebskamp (Danfysik)

25/11/2016, 11:00

This presentation reviews the state of the art of gantry designs and technologies. Gantries for proton particle therapy are currently installed worldwide, and there is a similar wish to use gantries for particle therapy using hadrons, such as carbon and helium. Only few carbon gantries have been built, based on normal-conducting magnets as well as superconducting magnet technology. Several...

20. Advantages and challenges of SC magnets in gantries

Alexander Gerbershagen (PSI)

25/11/2016, 11:50

The presentation provides an overview of the current developments in superconducting magnets for applications in proton and ion therapy gantries. It summarizes the benefits and challenges regarding the utilization of these magnets from the economical, infrastructural and technical points of view. The options for the superconducting material choice, magnet geometry, cooling system and beam...

26. Superconducting magnets for medical applications at PSI

Ciro Calzolaio (PSI)

25/11/2016, 12:10

The use of proton therapy for cancer treatment shows a growing trend, since the radiation dose delivered to the target volume is maximized and the dose to the surrounding healthy tissues is minimized. To direct the proton beam from all directions to the tumor in the patient, the last part of the beam transport and scanning system are mounted on a rotatable gantry.
In this work a design of a...

24. SC Gantry at NIRS and new developments in SC magnets for gantries & synchrotrons

Yoshiyuki Iwata (NIRS)

25/11/2016, 12:30

A superconducting (SC) rotating-gantry for carbon radiotherapy was developed. This isocentric rotating gantry can transport carbon ions with the maximum energy of 430 MeV/u to an isocenter with irradiation angles of over +-180 degrees, and is further capable of performing three-dimensional raster-scanning irradiation. The combined-function SC magnets were employed for the rotating gantry. The...

32. Cryogenic design and colling methods for rotating SC magnets

Bertrand Baudoy (CEA Saclay)

25/11/2016, 12:50

The cryogenic design of rotating superconducting magnet, especially for particle therapy, is governed not only by the operating conditions but also by end-user’s environment. These specific design considerations, presented as an introduction, narrow down the different possible cryogenic cooling options for such superconducting systems. In light of these considerations, the gantry system design...

22. Cryogen free cryogenic cooling system for rotating superconducting magnets in medical accelerators

Santiago Sanz (Tecnalia)

25/11/2016, 13:10

Large rotating magnets are essential components in hadron therapy facilities, with both proton and carbon ions. In the so called gantries, the beam is rotated and bent pointing through the patient tissues. This is achieved usually by tilting or rotating the complete and weighty magnet system. Present trends are directing to more compact and less power consuming gantries using superconducting...