Ion acceleration system for medical and/or other applications

An acceleration system for charged nuclear particles with mass number equal or greater than 1, comprising:

• a rotating mechanical gantry structure;
• at least one radiofrequency (RF) linear accelerator configured for producing a pulsed ion beam,
• said accelerator comprising at least one linac section mounted on the rotating gantry structure, the accelerator configured for rotating around an axis to irradiate a target or patient from more than one direction with the produced pulsed ion beam, the produced pulsed ion beam configured for treating a patient tumor or malformation;
• an ion source configured to produce an ion beam;
• and
• a particle accelerator, configured as pre-accelerator to impart energy to particles within the ion beam, produced by the ion source, before injecting the ion beam into the linac section mounted on the rotating gantry structure,
• wherein at least one of i) the ion source and ii) the pre-accelerator are mounted on the rotating gantry structure.

An acceleration system for charged nuclear particles with mass number equal or greater than 1, comprising:

• a rotating mechanical structure rotating around an axis;
• and
• at least one radiofrequency (RF) linear accelerator configured to produce a pulse ion beam,
• said at least one radiofrequency (RF) linear accelerator comprising at least one linac section mounted on the rotating mechanical structure, the accelerator configured to irradiate a target or patient from more than one direction with the produced pulsed ion beam, the produced ion beam configured for treating a patient tumor or malformation;
• and
• a particle accelerator, configured as pre-accelerator and arranged to impart energy to particles within an ion beam before injecting the ion beam into the linac section, wherein the the pre-accelerator is one of i) a cyclotron, and ii) a Fixed Field Alternating Gradient(FFAG) accelerator.