%0 Journal Article
%T CABOTO, a high-gradient linac for hadrontherapy
%A Verdu-Andres, S.
%A Amaldi, U.
%A Faus-Golfe, A.
%J Journal of Radiation Research
%D 2013
%V 54
%I Oxford Univ Press
%@ 0449-3060
%G English
%F Verdu-Andres_etal2013
%O WOS:000321463900021
%O exported from refbase (https://references.ific.uv.es/refbase/show.php?record=1506), last updated on Mon, 26 Aug 2013 10:47:02 +0000
%X The field of hadrontherapy has grown rapidly in recent years. At present the therapeutic beam is provided by a cyclotron or a synchrotron, but neither cyclotrons nor synchrotrons present the best performances for hadrontherapy. The new generation of accelerators for hadrontherapy should allow fast active energy modulation and have a high repetition rate, so that moving organs can be appropriately treated in a reasonable time. In addition, a reduction of the dimensions and cost of the accelerators for hadrontherapy would make the acquisition and operation of a hadrontherapy facility more affordable, which would translate into great benefits for the potential hadrontherapy patients. The 'cyclinac', an accelerator concept that combines a cyclotron with a high-frequency linear accelerator (linac), is a fast-cycling machine specifically conceived to allow for fast active energy modulation. The present paper focuses on CABOTO (CArbon BOoster for Therapy in Oncology), a compact, efficient high-frequency linac that can accelerate C6+ ions and H-2 molecules from 150-410 MeV/u in similar to 24 m. The paper presents the latest design of CABOTO and discusses its performances.
%K hadrontherapy
%K high-gradient linac
%K cyclinac
%K carbon ion therapy
%K multipainting
%R 10.1093/jrr/rrt053
%U https://doi.org/10.1093/jrr/rrt053
%P 155-161