19–24 May 2024
Music City Center
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Medical irradiation studies at KIT accelerators

THPR52
23 May 2024, 16:00
2h
Rock 'n Roll (MCC Exhibit Hall A)

Rock 'n Roll

MCC Exhibit Hall A

Poster Presentation MC8.A28 Medical Applications Thursday Poster Session

Speaker

Michael Nasse (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Description

Radiation therapy is an important oncological treatment method in which the tumor is irradiated with ionizing radiation. In recent years, the study of the beneficial effects of short intense radiation pulses (FLASH effect) or spatially fractionated radiation (MicroBeam/MiniBeam) have become an important research field. Systematic studies of this type often require research accelerators that are capable of generating the desired short intense pulses and, in general, possess a large and flexible parameter space for investigating a wide variety of irradiation methods. The KIT accelerators give access to complementary high-energy and time-resolved radiation sources. While the linac-based electron accelerator FLUTE (Ferninfrarot Linac- und Testexperiment) can generate ultrashort electron bunches, the electron storage ring KARA (Karlsruhe Research Accelerator) provides a source of pulsed X-rays. In this contribution, first dose measurements at FLUTE and KARA, as well as simulations using the Monte Carlo simulation program FLUKA are presented.

Region represented Europe
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Primary author

Katharina Mayer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Co-authors

Alfredo Ferrari (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Angelica Cecilia (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Anke-Susanne Mueller (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Christina Stengl (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)) Erik Bruendermann (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Joao Seco (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)) Dr Markus Schwarz (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)) Michael Nasse (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

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