ESTRO PT 2018

(Dis)advantages of synchrotron

=> a synchrotron provides: + high energy (if desired) + any particle + low radioactivity

Disadvantages:

- limited average intensity (ring filling) - spill structure => low average dose rate - Max energy in field is set per spil - noisy beam intensity

Marco Schippers, Beam production techniques for hadron therapy

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