Stengl Christina
THPR52
Medical irradiation studies at KIT accelerators
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Radiation therapy is an important oncological treatment method in which the tumor is irradiated with ionizing radiation. In recent years, the study of the beneficial effects of short intense radiation pulses (FLASH effect) or spatially fractionated radiation (MicroBeam/MiniBeam) have become an important research field. Systematic studies of this type often require research accelerators that are capable of generating the desired short intense pulses and, in general, possess a large and flexible parameter space for investigating a wide variety of irradiation methods. The KIT accelerators give access to complementary high-energy and time-resolved radiation sources. While the linac-based electron accelerator FLUTE (Ferninfrarot Linac- und Testexperiment) can generate ultrashort electron bunches, the electron storage ring KARA (Karlsruhe Research Accelerator) provides a source of pulsed X-rays. In this contribution, first dose measurements at FLUTE and KARA, as well as simulations using the Monte Carlo simulation program FLUKA are presented.
  • K. Mayer, A. Ferrari, A. Cecilia, A. Mueller, E. Bruendermann, M. Nasse
    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • C. Stengl, J. Seco
    German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
  • M. Schwarz
    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Paper: THPR52
DOI: reference for this paper: 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2024-THPR52
About:  Received: 15 May 2024 — Revised: 20 May 2024 — Accepted: 23 May 2024 — Issue date: 01 Jul 2024
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