Speaker
Carlo Rossi
(European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Description
The “FLASH” effect is currently a topic of considerable interest in radio-oncology. We present the design of a novel VHEE linac, to be built and installed at CHUV (Lausanne), capable of producing electron beams which deliver radiation at dose rates and time scales consistent with the FLASH effect. The design is based on X-band radio-frequency technology, developed at CERN for the CLIC study. The e-beam properties correspond to a CHUV specification and would allow large, deep seated, tumors to be treated. Construction of DEFT (DEEP Electron FLASH Therapy) will be assured by the company THERYQ in the context of a CHUV-CERN-THERYQ collaboration.
Primary author
Carlo Rossi
(European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Co-authors
Alexander Malyzhenkov
(European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Alexej Grudiev
(European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Andrea Latina
(European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Benjamin Frisch
(European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Eduardo Granados
(European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Igor Syratchev
(European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Jean Bourhis
(Lausanne University Hospital)
Jean-François Germond
(Lausanne University Hospital)
Jean-Marc Cravero
(European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Jeremie Bauche
(European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Maria Elena Angoletta
(European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Nick WALTER
(Lausanne University Hospital)
Olivier Brunner
(European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Ping Wang
(European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Raphaël Moeckli
(Lausanne University Hospital)
Roberto Corsini
(European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Steffen Doebert
(European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Sébastien Curtoni
(THERYQ)
Terence Garvey
(Lausanne University Hospital)
Thibault Dufour
(THERYQ)
Till Boehlen
(Lausanne University Hospital)
Vera Korchevnyuk
(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
Walter Wuensch
(European Organization for Nuclear Research)
philippe liger
(THERYQ)
