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TY - CONF AU - Pitman, S. AU - Apsimon, R. AU - Burt, G. AU - Green, A.F. AU - Grudiev, A. AU - Owen, H.L. AU - Solodko, A. AU - Wuensch, W. ED - Yamazaki, Yoshishige ED - Facco, Alberto ED - McCausey, Amy ED - Schaa, Volker RW TI - ProBE: Proton Boosting Extension for Imaging and Therapy J2 - Proc. of LINAC2016, East Lansing, MI, USA, 25-30 September 2016 C1 - East Lansing, MI, USA T2 - Linear Accelerator Conference T3 - 28 LA - english AB - Proton beam therapy has been shown to be a promising alternative to traditional radiotherapy, especially for paedi- atric malignancies and radio-resistant tumours. Allowing a highly precise tumour irradiation, it is currently limited by range verification. Several imaging modalities can be utilised for treatment planning, but typically X-ray CT is used. CT scans require conversion from Hounsfield units to estimate the proton stopping power (PSP) of the tissue be- ing treated, and this produces inaccuracy. Proton CT (pCT) measures PSP and is thought to allow an improvement of the treatment accuracy. The Christie Hospital will use a 250 MeV cyclotron for proton therapy, in this paper a pulsed linac upgrade is proposed, to provide 350 MeV protons for pCT within the facility. Space contraints require a compact, high gradient (HG) solution that is reliable and affordable. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 283 EP - 286 KW - proton KW - cavity KW - septum KW - linac KW - accelerating-gradient DA - 2017/05 PY - 2017 SN - 978-3-95450-169-4 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2016-MOPLR066 UR - http://jacow.org/linac2016/papers/moplr066.pdf ER -