Radiation therapy requires precision to avoid unintended irradiation of normal organs. Electronic Portal Imaging Devices (EPIDs), can help with precise patient positioning for accurate treatment. EPIDs are now bundled with new linear accelerators, or they can be purchased from the Linac manufacturer for retrofit. Retrofitting a third party EPID to a linear accelerator can pose challenges. The a...

The Colorado State University (CSU) Accelerator Facility will include a 6-MeV L-Band electron linear accelerator (linac) with a free-electron laser (FEL) system capable of producing Terahertz (THz) radiation, a laser laboratory, a microwave test stand, and a magnetic test stand. The photocathode drive linac will be used in conjunction with a hybrid undulator capable of producing THz radiation. ...

For commissioning a linear accelerator for clinical use, medical physicists are faced with many challenges including the need for precision, a variety of testing methods, data validation, the lack of standards, and time constraints. Since commissioning beam data are treated as a reference and ultimately used by treatment planning systems, it is vitally important that the collected data are of t...

Mechanical Engineering Center, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, JAPAN, [email protected] Mechanical Engineering Center, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, JAPAN, tatsuya.kume@ kek.jp Mechanical Engineering Center, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, JAPAN, yasuo.higashi@ kek.jp Mechanical Engineering Center, High Energy Accelerator...

Radio-frequency (RF) driven ion sources are being developed in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) for sealed-accelerator-tube neutron generator application. By using a 5-cm-diameter RF-driven multicusp source H yields over 95% have been achieved. These experimental findings will enable one to develop compact neutron generators based on the D-D or D-T fusion reactions. In this new neut...

background: high-energy linear accelerator (linac) is a valuable tool and the most commonly device for external beam radiation treatments in cancer patients. in the linac head, high-energy photons with energies above the threshold of interaction produce photoneutrons. these photoneutrons deliver the extra dose to the patients in the planning treatment and increase the risk of secondary cancer. ...

The performance of an accelerator depends to a large extent on the quality of the theoretical algorithms and the level of their integration with the control software. Modern accelerator facilities are complex industrial-scale systems that are characterized by tightly bound, diverse scienti c and technical problems. New severe requirements for accelerator parameters result in the strong speciali...

AIM The aim of this work was to develop multiple-source models for electron beams of the NEPTUN 10PC medical linear accelerator using the BEAMDP computer code. BACKGROUND One of the most accurate techniques of radiotherapy dose calculation is the Monte Carlo (MC) simulation of radiation transport, which requires detailed information of the beam in the form of a phase-space file. The computing...