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  • Progress of the Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS)
    Strahlentherapie und Onkologie, 1999
    Co-Authors: Philip J. Bryant, M. Benedikt, P J Bryant, Luigi P. Badano, P. Holy, M. Pullia, S. Rossi, M. Crescent, A. Maier, P Knaus
    Abstract:

    The Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS) was set up following an agreement between Professor M. Regler of the Med-AUSTRON (Austria) and Professor U. Amaldi of the TERA Foundation (Italy) to join their efforts in the design of a Medical synchrotron that could later be adapted to individual national needs. CERN agreed to host this study inside its PS Division and to contribute one full-time member to the study team. The study group has worked in collaboration with GSI (Germany) and was more recently joined by Onkologie 2000 (Czech Republic). Work started in January 1996 and is expected to finish during 1998. The agreed aim of the study was to investigate and design a generic facility that would allow the direct clinical comparison of protons and carbon ions for cancer treatment. The accelerator was to be designed primarily for high-precision active beam scanning with both protons and ions, but was also to be capable of delivering proton beams with passive spreading.

  • Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS), 1
    1999
    Co-Authors: Luigi P. Badano, M. Benedikt, P J Bryant, M Crescenti, P. Holy, A T Maier, P Knaus, M. Pullia, S. Rossi
    Abstract:

    The Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS) group was formed following an agreement between the Med-AUSTRON (Austria) and the TERA Foundation (Italy) to combine their efforts in the design of a cancer therapy synchrotron. CERN agreed to host this study in its PS Division and a close collaboration was set up with GSI (Germany). The study group was later joined by Onkologie-2000 (Czech Republic). Effort was first focused on the theoretical understanding of slow extraction and the techniques required to produce a smooth beam spill for the conformal treatment of complex-shaped tumours with a sub-millimetre accuracy by active scanning with proton and carbon ion beams. Considerations for passive scanning were also included. The more general and theoretical aspects of the study are recorded in Part I and the more specific technical design considerations are presented in a second volume Part II. The PIMMS team started their work in January 1996 in the PS Division and continued for a period of three years.

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  • DESIGN OF THE DIPOLE VACUUM CHAMBER FOR THE CNAO SYNCHROTRON (Based on the PIMM Study)
    2000
    Co-Authors: G. Brianti, S. Rossi, V. Chimenti, A. Clozza, G. Delle Monache, C. Sanelli, F. Sgamma
    Abstract:

    The thin walled vacuum chamber of the CNAO synchrotron dipole has been studied in the framework of the Proton Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS). Sixteen curved chambers, one for each dipole, about 1.9 m long and with inner aperture 130 mm x 64 mm are needed. The rapidly changing magnetic field in the dipole (maximum field rate of 3 T/s) imposes a stainless steel wall of thickness not bigger than 0.4 mm. Different construction schemes of the chamber have been investigated and two prototypes have been simulated, realised and measured.

  • THE SEXTUPOLE OF THE CNAO SYNCHROTRON (Based on the PIMM Study)
    2000
    Co-Authors: S. Rossi
    Abstract:

    The CNAO project foresees the realisation of a synchrotron for hadrontherapy. Medical uses of synchrotrons for cancer treatments necessitates extracted spills of long duration (typical extraction times are of the order of one second). In the case of the CNAO project (Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica) the slow extraction is performed by excitation of a third integer resonance through a sextupole magnet. The use of sextupole families is also needed to regulate the value of the chromaticity of the Machine. This paper presents the design of the sextupole of the synchrotron, based on the Proton Ion Medical Machine (PIMM) specifications.

  • Progress of the Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS)
    Strahlentherapie und Onkologie, 1999
    Co-Authors: Philip J. Bryant, M. Benedikt, P J Bryant, Luigi P. Badano, P. Holy, M. Pullia, S. Rossi, M. Crescent, A. Maier, P Knaus
    Abstract:

    The Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS) was set up following an agreement between Professor M. Regler of the Med-AUSTRON (Austria) and Professor U. Amaldi of the TERA Foundation (Italy) to join their efforts in the design of a Medical synchrotron that could later be adapted to individual national needs. CERN agreed to host this study inside its PS Division and to contribute one full-time member to the study team. The study group has worked in collaboration with GSI (Germany) and was more recently joined by Onkologie 2000 (Czech Republic). Work started in January 1996 and is expected to finish during 1998. The agreed aim of the study was to investigate and design a generic facility that would allow the direct clinical comparison of protons and carbon ions for cancer treatment. The accelerator was to be designed primarily for high-precision active beam scanning with both protons and ions, but was also to be capable of delivering proton beams with passive spreading.

  • Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS), 1
    1999
    Co-Authors: Luigi P. Badano, M. Benedikt, P J Bryant, M Crescenti, P. Holy, A T Maier, P Knaus, M. Pullia, S. Rossi
    Abstract:

    The Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS) group was formed following an agreement between the Med-AUSTRON (Austria) and the TERA Foundation (Italy) to combine their efforts in the design of a cancer therapy synchrotron. CERN agreed to host this study in its PS Division and a close collaboration was set up with GSI (Germany). The study group was later joined by Onkologie-2000 (Czech Republic). Effort was first focused on the theoretical understanding of slow extraction and the techniques required to produce a smooth beam spill for the conformal treatment of complex-shaped tumours with a sub-millimetre accuracy by active scanning with proton and carbon ion beams. Considerations for passive scanning were also included. The more general and theoretical aspects of the study are recorded in Part I and the more specific technical design considerations are presented in a second volume Part II. The PIMMS team started their work in January 1996 in the PS Division and continued for a period of three years.

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  • Progress of the Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS)
    Strahlentherapie und Onkologie, 1999
    Co-Authors: Philip J. Bryant, M. Benedikt, P J Bryant, Luigi P. Badano, P. Holy, M. Pullia, S. Rossi, M. Crescent, A. Maier, P Knaus
    Abstract:

    The Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS) was set up following an agreement between Professor M. Regler of the Med-AUSTRON (Austria) and Professor U. Amaldi of the TERA Foundation (Italy) to join their efforts in the design of a Medical synchrotron that could later be adapted to individual national needs. CERN agreed to host this study inside its PS Division and to contribute one full-time member to the study team. The study group has worked in collaboration with GSI (Germany) and was more recently joined by Onkologie 2000 (Czech Republic). Work started in January 1996 and is expected to finish during 1998. The agreed aim of the study was to investigate and design a generic facility that would allow the direct clinical comparison of protons and carbon ions for cancer treatment. The accelerator was to be designed primarily for high-precision active beam scanning with both protons and ions, but was also to be capable of delivering proton beams with passive spreading.

  • Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS), 1
    1999
    Co-Authors: Luigi P. Badano, M. Benedikt, P J Bryant, M Crescenti, P. Holy, A T Maier, P Knaus, M. Pullia, S. Rossi
    Abstract:

    The Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS) group was formed following an agreement between the Med-AUSTRON (Austria) and the TERA Foundation (Italy) to combine their efforts in the design of a cancer therapy synchrotron. CERN agreed to host this study in its PS Division and a close collaboration was set up with GSI (Germany). The study group was later joined by Onkologie-2000 (Czech Republic). Effort was first focused on the theoretical understanding of slow extraction and the techniques required to produce a smooth beam spill for the conformal treatment of complex-shaped tumours with a sub-millimetre accuracy by active scanning with proton and carbon ion beams. Considerations for passive scanning were also included. The more general and theoretical aspects of the study are recorded in Part I and the more specific technical design considerations are presented in a second volume Part II. The PIMMS team started their work in January 1996 in the PS Division and continued for a period of three years.

  • TRANSIT TIME FOR THIRD ORDER RESONANCE EXTRACTION
    1997
    Co-Authors: M. Pullia
    Abstract:

    An important spin-off from accelerators is the use of synchrotrons for cancer therapy. A precise control of the extraction from the synchrotron is needed to satisfy the Medical specifications and this has led to a renewed interest in the basic theory of thirdorder resonance extraction. In the present paper, a complete description of the transit time in the resonance (the time between a particle becoming unstable and reaching the electrostatic septum) is developed as a basis for future work predicting spill shapes and the influence of power supply ripple. The transit time is evaluated for constant tune and for a slowly varying tune. Both cases are subdivided into particles that start close to the stable point on the extraction separatrix and particles that start far from it somewhere along the side of the outermost stable triangle. Of the four expressions derived, the last turns out to be a good approximation for all cases. The analytic expressions are checked against numerical simulation and are shown to be correct to within a few percent. * M. Pullia is a member of the TERA Foundation and an unpaid Associate of PPE Division, CERN, currently working on the Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study hosted by the PS Division,

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  • Progress of the Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS)
    Strahlentherapie und Onkologie, 1999
    Co-Authors: Philip J. Bryant, M. Benedikt, P J Bryant, Luigi P. Badano, P. Holy, M. Pullia, S. Rossi, M. Crescent, A. Maier, P Knaus
    Abstract:

    The Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS) was set up following an agreement between Professor M. Regler of the Med-AUSTRON (Austria) and Professor U. Amaldi of the TERA Foundation (Italy) to join their efforts in the design of a Medical synchrotron that could later be adapted to individual national needs. CERN agreed to host this study inside its PS Division and to contribute one full-time member to the study team. The study group has worked in collaboration with GSI (Germany) and was more recently joined by Onkologie 2000 (Czech Republic). Work started in January 1996 and is expected to finish during 1998. The agreed aim of the study was to investigate and design a generic facility that would allow the direct clinical comparison of protons and carbon ions for cancer treatment. The accelerator was to be designed primarily for high-precision active beam scanning with both protons and ions, but was also to be capable of delivering proton beams with passive spreading.

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  • LAYOUT AND OPTICS OF THE MedAustron HIGH ENERGY BEAM TRANSFER LINE
    2011
    Co-Authors: U. Dorda, M. Benedikt, P J Bryant
    Abstract:

    The MedAustron accelerator complex, which is cur- rently in its final design stage at CERN, is based on the optical principles developed within the Proton Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS) (1). This paper describes how these principles are practically applied in the layout and optics of the High Energy Beam Transfer line (HEBT) of the MedAustron accelerator facility. Special attention is directed to the optics of the gantry which is designed to fit into the PSI gantry-2 hardware layout, which is foreseen to be copied in collaboration with PSI.

  • Progress of the Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS)
    Strahlentherapie und Onkologie, 1999
    Co-Authors: Philip J. Bryant, M. Benedikt, P J Bryant, Luigi P. Badano, P. Holy, M. Pullia, S. Rossi, M. Crescent, A. Maier, P Knaus
    Abstract:

    The Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS) was set up following an agreement between Professor M. Regler of the Med-AUSTRON (Austria) and Professor U. Amaldi of the TERA Foundation (Italy) to join their efforts in the design of a Medical synchrotron that could later be adapted to individual national needs. CERN agreed to host this study inside its PS Division and to contribute one full-time member to the study team. The study group has worked in collaboration with GSI (Germany) and was more recently joined by Onkologie 2000 (Czech Republic). Work started in January 1996 and is expected to finish during 1998. The agreed aim of the study was to investigate and design a generic facility that would allow the direct clinical comparison of protons and carbon ions for cancer treatment. The accelerator was to be designed primarily for high-precision active beam scanning with both protons and ions, but was also to be capable of delivering proton beams with passive spreading.

  • Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS), 1
    1999
    Co-Authors: Luigi P. Badano, M. Benedikt, P J Bryant, M Crescenti, P. Holy, A T Maier, P Knaus, M. Pullia, S. Rossi
    Abstract:

    The Proton-Ion Medical Machine Study (PIMMS) group was formed following an agreement between the Med-AUSTRON (Austria) and the TERA Foundation (Italy) to combine their efforts in the design of a cancer therapy synchrotron. CERN agreed to host this study in its PS Division and a close collaboration was set up with GSI (Germany). The study group was later joined by Onkologie-2000 (Czech Republic). Effort was first focused on the theoretical understanding of slow extraction and the techniques required to produce a smooth beam spill for the conformal treatment of complex-shaped tumours with a sub-millimetre accuracy by active scanning with proton and carbon ion beams. Considerations for passive scanning were also included. The more general and theoretical aspects of the study are recorded in Part I and the more specific technical design considerations are presented in a second volume Part II. The PIMMS team started their work in January 1996 in the PS Division and continued for a period of three years.