Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Simple Equipment for Effective Utilization of a Proton Accelerator for Medical Purposes

  • Published:
Biomedical Engineering Aims and scope

We propose the use of a proton beam from any type of accelerator and a complex system for transporting the beam into three procedure rooms not containing gantries with the aim of decreasing the cost and dimensions of large-scale radiotherapy centers and improving their quality. Each procedure room has facilities to select the direction of irradiation over a quite wide range, with active distribution of the dose into the target volume and use of a mobile tomograph at the site of irradiation.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Shardt, D., Elsaesser, T., and Schulz-Ertner, D., “Heavy-ion tumor therapy: Physical and radiobiological benefits,” Rev. Modern Phys., 82. P. 383 (2010).

  2. Durante, M. and Loeffler, J., “Charged particles in radiation oncology,” Nat. Rev. Clin. Oncol., 10, No. 7, 37-43 (2013).

    Google Scholar 

  3. Owen, H., Lomax, A., and Jolly, S., “Current and future accelerator technologies for charged particles,” Preprint Submitted to Therapy Nuclear Instrument and Physics Research, 6 May 2016.

  4. Kats, M. M., “Comparison of the actions of proton and ion beams in radiation therapy,” Med. Fiz., No. 4, 22-25 (2014).

  5. Deglovani, A., et al., A Single Room Proton Therapy Facility Based on a High-Gradient RF Linac, PTCOG52, Essen (2013).

  6. https://iba-worldwide.com/proton-therapy.

  7. https://www.varian.com/oncology/products/treatment-delivery/probeam-compact-proton-therapy-solution.

  8. http://www.MEVION.com/.

  9. Gerbershagen, F., et al., Novel Irradiation Concepts Enabled by Using Superconducting Magnets in Gantries, PSI PTCOG (2016).

  10. Yan, S., Lu, H-M., Flanz, J., Adams, J., Trofimov, A., and Bortfeld, P., “Reassessment of the necessity of the proton gantry: Analysis of beam orientations from 4332 treatments at MGH Hospital Proton Center over the past 10 years,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 95, No. 1, 224-233 (2016).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Kats, M. M., “New systems for irradiation of lying patients with heavy charged particle beams,” Pribory Tekhn. Eksperim., No. 2, 126-135 (2002).

  12. Iversen, G., “Proton therapy minus the gantry: P-Cure at ASTRO,” ASTRO57, October 21, 2015. DOTmed HCB News.

  13. http://www.protom.com/.

  14. Kats, M. M., “A flat system for transporting proton and ion beams to stationary irradiation centers with different directions instead of gantries,” Med. Fiz., No. 2, 82-87 (2016).

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. A. I. Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia

    M. M. Kats

Authors
  1. M. M. Kats
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to M. M. Kats.

Additional information

Translated from Meditsinskaya Tekhnika, Vol. 53, No. 4, Jul.-Aug., 2019, pp. 29-32.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Kats, M.M. Simple Equipment for Effective Utilization of a Proton Accelerator for Medical Purposes. Biomed Eng 53, 266–269 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10527-019-09923-y

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10527-019-09923-y

Search

Navigation