Introduction Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) has been increasingly advocated for 1-3 small brain metastases. The goal of this study was to evaluate the clinical results in patients with brain metastases treated with LINAC-based SRS using a thermoplastic mask (non-invasive fixation system) and Image-Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT). Material and Methods In this single-institution study 48 patients w...

This study evaluated the basic dosimetric characteristics of a Dynamic Multi Leaf Collimator (DMLC) using a diode detector and film measurements for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Quality Assurance (IMRT QA). The EGSnrc Monte Carlo (MC) simulation system was used for the determination of MLC characteristics. Radiation transmission and abutting leaf leakage relevant to the LinaTech DMLC H...

After entering into the full-commissioning phase of the KEKB linac in May, 1998, we have established two linac injection modes for the KEKB ring: an 8-GeV electron beam and a 3.5-GeV positron beam, as well as beam modes for the rings of the synchrotron light sources. All modes are easily switched for almost one minute without any trouble. The linac beam characteristics have been substantially i...

Presently a new accelerator complex is being planned at CERN, which will replaced the ageing Proton Synchrotron (PS). A high-power160 MeV H linac (Linac 4) will replace the present 50 MeV proton linac injector [1], a 5 GeV Superconducting Proton Linac (SPL) will replace the 1.4 GeV PS Booster (PSB) [2] and a 50 GeV synchrotron (PS 2) will replace the 26 GeV PS [3]. A tentative layout of the pla...

judicious use of the SLC linac, damping rings, and positron High-energy ring (HER) Low-energy ring (LER) source.. Particles per bunch ._, -. _ II. ROLE OF R&D PROGRAM IN OVERALL PEP-II INJECTION High-energy ring (HER) Low-energy ring (LER) The overall goals of the PEP-II Injection System are Linac repetition rate summarized in Table 1. These differ from those given in Linac current range during...

The SNS is a spallation neutron research facility being built at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee [1]. The Linac portion of the SNS (with the exception of the superconducting cavities) is the responsibility of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and this responsibility includes the RF system for the entire linac. The linac accelerates an average beam current of 2 mA to an energ...

The peak current limit for the Fermilab Linac was recently studied. The purpose was to learn what components of the present Linac can be used for the first stage of a proposed proton driver[1]. For this application the Linac must provide a H beam in excess of 5000 mAμsec per pulse. The original Fermilab Linac was designed for protons with a peak current of 75 mA and a pulse length of four Boost...

We report on measurements of the bunch energy spectrum at the end of the SLAC linac. Using the spectra obtained for two different linac rf phases we obtain both the bunch induced voltage and the longitudinal distribution of the bunch. The measurement results are compared with theoretical predictions. In particular, the induced voltage is in good agreement with that obtained using the calculated...

Two quality control devices, light-field device and radiation-field device, have been specially designed to facilitate the clinical implementation of conformal dynamic arc treatment (CDAT) and intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). With the devices, the light field as well as the radiation field, projected from the individual beam at any treatment position (i.e. arbitrary gantry angle) c...

Abstract Increasing the Main Injector beam power above ∼ 1.2 MW requires replacement of 8 GeV Booster by a higher intensity alternative. In this paper, we consider an linac that produces H - for injection into Recycler Ring or Injector. This upgrade will maximize available neutrino production long baseline DUNE experiment to greater than 2.5 and enable next generation frontier experiments. The ...