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TY - CONF AU - De Franco, A. AU - Böhlen, T.T. AU - Farinon, F. AU - Kowarik, G. AU - Kronberger, M. AU - Kurfürst, C. AU - Nowak, S. AU - Osmić, F. AU - Pivi, M.T.F. AU - Schmitzer, C. AU - Urschütz, P. AU - Wastl, A. ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Arduini, Gianluigi ED - Pranke, Juliana ED - Seidel, Mike ED - Lindroos, Mats TI - Upgrade Study of the MedAustron Ion Beam Center J2 - Proc. of IPAC2017, Copenhagen, Denmark, 14â19 May, 2017 C1 - Copenhagen, Denmark T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 8 LA - english AB - MedAustron is a synchrotron-based ion beam therapy center allowing the treatment of tumours with protons and other light ion species, in particular C⁶⁺. Commissioning of the first irradiation room for clinical therapy with proton beams has been completed and in parallel to the commissioning of the remaining two irradiation rooms, a facility upgrade study has started. Our analysis includes considerations for the possibility to introduce different extraction mechanisms, new diagnostic tools, optimization of the accelerator cycle time, ripples mitigation for more accurate active beam stabilization and other improvements for hardware reliability. We present the concept, the main benefits, also in terms of treatment time reduction, and the challenges for implementation. Each option will be investigated including a detailed assessment on resources demand, impact and risk analysis. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 4619 EP - 4622 KW - extraction KW - ion KW - quadrupole KW - betatron KW - synchrotron DA - 2017/05 PY - 2017 SN - 978-3-95450-182-3 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2017-THPVA074 UR - http://jacow.org/ipac2017/papers/thpva074.pdf ER -