Author: Whittum, D.W.
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 State of the Art in Medical and Industrial Linear-Accelerator Systems  
 
  • D.W. Whittum
    Varian Medical Systems, Oncology Systems, Palo Alto, USA
  
  The speaker will address the state of the art in medical and industrial microwave accelerators. The main focus will be the history and technology of medical linacs for radiotherapy. Electron and hadron accelerator configurations should be described and operational aspects of gantry-style linac systems should be illustrated with reference to the state of the art. Aspects of structure design, modeling, testing and reliability should be discussed.