Speaker
Ms
Valeria Rizzoglio
(Paul Scherrer Institut)
Description
In a cyclotron-based proton therapy facility, the energy selection is performed by means of a degrader. The interaction of the proton beam
with the degrader creates low energy tails that alter the beam quality. The analysis of the degraded energy spectra is hence important,
not only to better understand the performance of an existing facility such as PROSCAN at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), but also to support
the development of new facilities. An accurate analysis of the energy spectrum from the PSI degrader has been performed with Monte Carlo and particle tracking codes and used to support the design of the a superconducting gantry.
Author
Ms
Valeria Rizzoglio
(Paul Scherrer Institut)
Co-authors
Dr
Andreas Adelmann
(Paul Scherrer Institut)
Dr
David Meer
(Paul Scherrer Institut)
