FLASHlab@PITZ: New R&D platform with unique capabilities for electron FLASH and VHEE radiation therapy and radiation biology under preparation at PITZ.
FLASH and VHEE radiation therapy
Flexible electron accelerator
Online image guiding
Ultra-high dose rate
Uniquely wide parameter range
Journal
Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB)
ISSN: 1724-191X
Titre abrégé: Phys Med
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 9302888
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2022
Dec 2022
Historique:
received:
27
04
2022
revised:
19
09
2022
accepted:
31
10
2022
pubmed:
5
12
2022
medline:
15
12
2022
entrez:
4
12
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
At the Photo Injector Test facility at DESY in Zeuthen (PITZ), an R&D platform for electron FLASH and very high energy electron radiation therapy and radiation biology is being prepared (FLASHlab@PITZ). The beam parameters available at PITZ are worldwide unique. They are based on experiences from 20 + years of developing high brightness beam sources and an ultra-intensive THz light source demonstrator for ps scale electron bunches with up to 5 nC bunch charge at MHz repetition rate in bunch trains of up to 1 ms length, currently 22 MeV (upgrade to 250 MeV planned). Individual bunches can provide peak dose rates up to 10
Identifiants
pubmed: 36463582
pii: S1120-1797(22)02087-7
doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2022.10.026
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
174-187Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medica e Sanitaria. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.