Particle therapy system and method for operating the same
AssigneeEBG MedAustron GmbH
InventorsAlexander WASTL, Sebastian NOWAK
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Abstract
A particle therapy system includes a hadron therapy system, comprising a particle source, a pre-acceleration device connected to the particle source for accelerating the particles coming from the particle source. A synchrotron with a circulating particle path has an injection site and an extraction site. A transfer beam guide leads from the pre-acceleration device to the injection site for injecting the particles accelerated by the pre-acceleration device into the particle path of the synchrotron. The pre-acceleration device is arranged above or below the path plane (B) of the synchrotron, wherein the pre-acceleration device vertically overlaps a first path section of the circulating particle path of the synchrotron.
Claims25
A particle therapy system in particular a hadron therapy system, comprising:
- a particle source,
- a pre-acceleration device connected to the particle source for accelerating the particles coming from the particle source,
- a synchrotron with a circulating particle path having an injection site and an extraction site, and
- a transfer beam guide leading from the pre-acceleration device to the injection site for injecting the particles accelerated by the pre-acceleration device into the particle path of the synchrotron,
- wherein the pre-acceleration device is arranged above or below the path plane of the synchrotron, wherein the pre-acceleration device overlaps, at least partially, vertically with a first path section of the circulating particle path of the synchrotron.
A particle therapy system, in particular a hadron therapy system, comprising:
- a particle source,
- a pre-acceleration device connected to the particle source for accelerating the particles coming from the particle source,
- a synchrotron with a circulating particle path having an injection site and an extraction site, and
- a transfer beam guide leading from the pre-acceleration device to the injection site for injecting the particles accelerated by the pre-acceleration device into the particle path of the synchrotron,
- wherein the particle therapy system comprises a control device with an operating mode that is operable to perform at least one of:
- feed energy stored in magnets or into a power grid,
- decelerate particles in the synchrotron, wherein the operating mode is configured to reduce the velocity of the particles by controlling at least one cavity of an acceleration section of the synchrotron to reduce the velocity of the particles by generating a force acting on the particles in the at least one cavity in the opposite direction to their direction of movement.
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A method for operating a particle therapy system wherein particles coming from a particle source are accelerated by a pre-acceleration device and are injected into a synchrotron by means of a transfer beam guide.
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