Beam Quality for Protontherapy at C.p.o
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چکیده
Sinc< I ~H7. the beam of the syndlfo·cyclotron is tunned and adapted Ii" medical treatments. 11,e first eye treatment was realized in 1991 and Irom this date the Centre de Protontherapie d'Orsay (C.I' .O.) accumulates experience for the beam control. Beside the classical discussions on the parameters settings "fthe machine and the beamline. the "wrall problem of accuracy of the beam must also take into account the medical and the <nd·line uncertainties. TI,e aim of this article is more to inlimn cyclotrons people about the protontherapy application than to give expert mnnbers ahout tltt! cumpl~x problem llf a~curacy in prohUltherapy.
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