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URLhttps://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2024-THPR52
TitleMedical irradiation studies at KIT accelerators
Authors
  • 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)
AbstractRadiation 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.
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Conference15th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Series
LocationNashville, TN
Date19-24 May 2024
PublisherJACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial BoardFulvia Pilat - Oak Ridge National Laboratory Wolfram Fischer - Brookhaven National Laboratory Robert Saethre - Oak Ridge National Laboratory Petr Anisimov - Los Alamos National Laboratory Ivan Andrian - Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.
Online ISBN978-3-95450-247-9
Online ISSN2673-5490
Received15 May 2024
Revised20 May 2024
Accepted23 May 2024
Issued01 July 2024
DOI10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2024-THPR52
Pages3635-3638