ESTRO PT 2018

intensity control

Max. intensity set by: proton source

(ACCEL / Varian)

Deflector plate: sets intensity - within 50 µs - 3% accuracy

- V

+ V

currently only possible with a cyclotron

0 2 4 6 8 10 Time (ms)

Marco Schippers, Beam production techniques for hadron therapy

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