25–30 Aug 2024
Hilton Chicago
America/Chicago timezone

Automation of RF tuning for medical accelerators

MOAA012
26 Aug 2024, 15:55
5m
Grand Ballroom (Hilton Chicago)

Grand Ballroom

Hilton Chicago

720 South Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60605 USA
Oral Poster Presentation MC2.5 Industrial and medical accelerators Monday Oral Posters

Speaker

Finn O'Shea (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Description

RadiaSoft is developing machine learning methods to improve the operation and control of industrial accelerators. Because industrial systems typically suffer from a lack of instrumentation and a noisier environment, advancements in control methods are critical for optimizing their performance. In particular, our recent work has focused on the development of pulse-to-pulse feedback algorithms for use in dose optimization for FLASH radiotherapy. The PHASER (pluridirectional high-energy agile scanning electronic radiotherapy) system is of particular interest due to the need to synchronize 16 different accelerators all with their own noise characteristics. This presentation will provide an overview of the challenges associated with RF tuning for a PHASER-like system, a description of the model used to evaluate different control schema, and our initial results using conventional methods and machine learning methods.

Funding Agency

This work is supported by the DOE Office of Science Office of Accelerator Research Development and Production award number DE-SC0023641.

Primary author

Finn O'Shea (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Co-authors

Auralee Edelen (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Jonathan Edelen (RadiaSoft LLC) Jorge Diaz Cruz (University of New Mexico) Morgan Henderson (RadiaSoft LLC)

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