Purpose: The aim of this study was to develop a method for the direct measurement of electron beam width and distribution at the scattering foil on the carrousel in a medical linear accelerator gantry head, which differs from an existing indirect method for measuring the focal spot size using a camera or metallic slit located outside the gantry head. Methods: The electron beam emitted by the li...

The HICAT project is a Heavy Ion accelerator for light ion Cancer Treatment to be built for the clinics in Heidelberg, Germany. It consists of a 7 MeV/u linac, a compact synchrotron and three treatment places, one of them located after a 360 degree gantry beam-line. The facility will implement the intensity controlled rasterscanning technique that was developed and successfully demonstrated at ...

Most radiation therapy machines are based on microwave linear accelerators. Manufacturing reliable accelerators and hence, reliable radiation therapy machines requires accurate, efficient, and well-controlled processes throughout the steps of electron accelerator manufacturing. Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques are utilized at Siemens – Oncology Care Systems (OCS) to meet these requi...

introduction in this study, we aimed to assess the medium-term energy stability of a 6mv elekta compacttm linear accelerator. to the best of our knowledge, this is the first published article to evaluate this linear accelerator in terms of energy stability. as well as investigating the stability of the linear accelerator energy over a period of several weeks, the results will be useful for esti...