Particle accelerators for radiotherapy - Present status and future

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作者：
Maciszewski, W [1 ]
Scharf, W
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[1] Andrzej Soltan Inst Nucl Studies, PL-05400 Otwock, Poland
[2] Warsaw Univ Technol, Inst Radioelect, PL-00665 Warsaw, Poland
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ASTROPARTICLE, PARTICLE AND SPACE PHYSICS , DETECTORS AND MEDICAL PHYSICS APPLICATIONS | 2004年 / 2卷
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10.1142/9789812702708_0060
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要：
The paper describes the development of the application of particle accelerators in the treatment of cancer diseases over the past fifty years. Special emphasis is put on the routine application of conventional electron accelerators delivering electron and photon beams. This is the largest group of devices for radiotherapy (over 7500 machines operating worldwide). The number of patients reaches 5 million per year. The medical electron linacs have recently undergone considerable modifications of construction, in particular the systems of radiation field shaping. Contemporary accelerators for radiotherapy are equipped with multi-leaf collimators (MLC) which, in conjunction with IMRT (Intensity Modulation Radiation Therapy) technique and special system of therapy planning, assure considerably higher precision, effectiveness and quality of treatment.
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页码：402 / 410
页数：9
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