ESTRO PT 2018

Extraction from cyclotron

Extraction Efficiency Should be high: e.g. ~80%

δ r

At extraction: δ r < beam size

Cathode at -50 kV

septum

← r

Last turns

Low radioactivity

δ r

Extracted beam

Marco Schippers, Beam production techniques for hadron therapy

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