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Special radiation protection aspects of medical accelerators
Radiation protection aspects relevant to medical accelerators are discussed. An overview is first given of general safety requirements. Next. shielding and labyrinth design are discussed in some detail for the various types of accelerators, devoting more attention to hadron machines as they are far...
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author | Silari, Marco |
author_facet | Silari, Marco |
author_sort | Silari, Marco |
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description | Radiation protection aspects relevant to medical accelerators are discussed. An overview is first given of general safety requirements. Next. shielding and labyrinth design are discussed in some detail for the various types of accelerators, devoting more attention to hadron machines as they are far less conventional than electron linear accelerators. Some specific aspects related to patient protection are also addressed. Finally, induced radioactivity in accelerator components and shielding walls is briefly discussed. Three classes of machines are considered: (1) medical electron linacs for 'conventional' radiation therapy. (2) low energy cyclotrons for production of radionuclides mainly for medical diagnostics and (3) medium energy cyclotrons and synchrotrons for advanced radiation therapy with protons or light ion beams (hadron therapy). (51 refs). |
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spelling | cern-5648912019-09-30T06:29:59Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/564891engSilari, MarcoSpecial radiation protection aspects of medical acceleratorsHealth Physics and Radiation EffectsRadiation protection aspects relevant to medical accelerators are discussed. An overview is first given of general safety requirements. Next. shielding and labyrinth design are discussed in some detail for the various types of accelerators, devoting more attention to hadron machines as they are far less conventional than electron linear accelerators. Some specific aspects related to patient protection are also addressed. Finally, induced radioactivity in accelerator components and shielding walls is briefly discussed. Three classes of machines are considered: (1) medical electron linacs for 'conventional' radiation therapy. (2) low energy cyclotrons for production of radionuclides mainly for medical diagnostics and (3) medium energy cyclotrons and synchrotrons for advanced radiation therapy with protons or light ion beams (hadron therapy). (51 refs).oai:cds.cern.ch:5648912001 |
spellingShingle | Health Physics and Radiation Effects Silari, Marco Special radiation protection aspects of medical accelerators |
title | Special radiation protection aspects of medical accelerators |
title_full | Special radiation protection aspects of medical accelerators |
title_fullStr | Special radiation protection aspects of medical accelerators |
title_full_unstemmed | Special radiation protection aspects of medical accelerators |
title_short | Special radiation protection aspects of medical accelerators |
title_sort | special radiation protection aspects of medical accelerators |
topic | Health Physics and Radiation Effects |
url | http://cds.cern.ch/record/564891 |
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