Author: Hiller, U.
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TUP007 Operational Experience in the Treatment of Ocular Melanomas with a New Digital Low-level RF Control System 162
 
  • T. Fanselow, J. Bundesmann, A. Denker, U. Hiller
    HZB, Berlin, Germany
  • J.K. Abraham, J.L. Conradie, W. Duckitt
    iThemba LABS, Somerset West, South Africa
 
  Ocular melanomas have been treated for the last 20 years at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin in collaboration with the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin. However, parts of the initial control system electronics date back to the 1970s, when the machine was installed. Facing a critical shortage of legacy and obsolete components and with the down-time due to failures in the electronics on the increase, a decision was made to install the digital low-level RF control system, developed by iThemba LABS, on our K=132 cyclotron. A short description of the installation and commissioning process, which occurred in April 2017, and the experiences of the first 2 years of operation with the new digital low-level RF control system is presented.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-Cyclotrons2019-TUP007  
About • paper received ※ 14 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 25 September 2019       issue date ※ 20 June 2020  
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TUC02 Status of the HZB Cyclotron 253
 
  • A. Denker, J. Bundesmann, T. Damerow, T. Fanselow, D. Hildebrand, U. Hiller, I. Kailouh, G. Kourkafas, S. Ozierenski, C. Rethfeldt, J. Röhrich, S. Seidel, C. Zimmer
    HZB, Berlin, Germany
  • D. Cordini, J. Heufelder, R. Stark, A. Weber
    Charite, Berlin, Germany
 
  For more than 20 years eye tumours are treated in collaboration with the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. The close co-operation between Charité and HZB permits joint interdisciplinary research. Irradiations with either a sharp, well focused or a broad beam, either in vacuum or in air are possible. In addition, a 60Co-source for gamma-irradiations is available. Experiments now comprise dosimetry, detector comparisons, ambulant mouse irradiations, including class I gene-modified mice. Furthermore, radiation hardness tests on detectors, CCD-cameras and other electronics are performed. In order to improve the beam diagnosis between the 2 MV injector Tandetron and the cyclotron a harp has been installed, leading to new beam line calculations for the injection line. The accelerator operation for therapy as well as on-going experiments and results will be presented.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-Cyclotrons2019-TUC02  
About • paper received ※ 14 September 2019       paper accepted ※ 25 September 2019       issue date ※ 20 June 2020  
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