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PARTICLE THERAPY INSTALLATION

  • US 20100320404A1
  • Filed: 01/23/2009
  • Published: 12/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A particle therapy system comprising:

  • an ECR ion source for the production of charged ions; and

    an accelerator unit that is arranged downstream of the ECR ion source, the accelerator unit for accelerating the charged ions to an energy required for irradiation,wherein magnetic fields of the ECR ion source are attuned to the operation of the ECR ion source for lightweight ions such that the ECR ion source is operable to be operated in an afterglow mode, in which, an afterglow beam pulse is emitted from the ECR ion source after a microwave resonance pulse has been switched off, andwherein the current intensity of the afterglow beam pulse is higher than a current that is emitted from the ECR ion source during the application of the microwave resonance pulse.

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