PAC2013 - List of Authors (Pullia, M.)

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Large Momentum Acceptance Superconducting NS-FFAG Gantry for Carbon Cancer Therapy

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D. Trbojevic, B. Parker
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
M. Pullia
CNAO Foundation, Milan, Italy

Funding: Work performed under Contract Number DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the auspices of the US Department of Energy.∗
Carbon cancer radiation therapy has clear advantages with respect to the other radiation therapy treatments. Cost of the ion cancer therapy is dominated by the delivery systems. An new design of the superconducting Non-Scaling FFAG (NS-FFAG) carbon isocentric gantry is presented. The magnet size and weight is dramatically smaller with respect to other gantries in cancer therapy treatment. The weight of the transport elements of the carbon isocentric gantry is estimated to be 1.5 tons to be compared to the 130 tons weight of the top-notch Heidelberg facility gantry.

Slides THOAB2 [41.118 MB]

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THOAB2	Large Momentum Acceptance Superconducting NS-FFAG Gantry for Carbon Cancer Therapy	1119
	D. Trbojevic, B. Parker BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA M. Pullia CNAO Foundation, Milan, Italy
	Funding: Work performed under Contract Number DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the auspices of the US Department of Energy.∗ Carbon cancer radiation therapy has clear advantages with respect to the other radiation therapy treatments. Cost of the ion cancer therapy is dominated by the delivery systems. An new design of the superconducting Non-Scaling FFAG (NS-FFAG) carbon isocentric gantry is presented. The magnet size and weight is dramatically smaller with respect to other gantries in cancer therapy treatment. The weight of the transport elements of the carbon isocentric gantry is estimated to be 1.5 tons to be compared to the 130 tons weight of the top-notch Heidelberg facility gantry.
	Slides THOAB2 [41.118 MB]