1. Medical Application of the SARAF-Proton/Deuteron 40 MeV Superconducting Linac.
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Halfon, Shlomi
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NUCLEAR medicine , *RADIOISOTOPE brachytherapy , *SUPERCONDUCTORS , *LINEAR accelerators , *PROTON beams , *DEUTERONS , *RESEARCH institutes - Abstract
The Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility (SARAF) is based on a superconducting linear accelerator currently being built at the Soreq research center (Israel). The SARAF is planned to generate a 2 mA 4 MeV proton beam during its first year of operation and up to 40 MeV proton or deuteron beam in 2012. The high intensity beam, together with the linac ability to adjust the ion energy provides opportunities for medical research, such as Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) and the production of medical radioisotopes, for instance 103Pd for prostate brachytherapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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