12–14 Apr 2023
Australia/Melbourne timezone

Ultra-high dose rate X-ray radiator for studing flash radiotherapy

12 Apr 2023, 15:00
20m
Room 1

Room 1

Talk (remote) WG3: Accelerator technologies for industrial & medical applications Room 1 (Laby Theatre)

Speaker

Dr Hao Zha (Tsinghua University)

Description

Ultra-high-dose-rate (UHDR) radiation is considered to trigger the so-called flash effect which spares the normal tisse while retains the therapeutic effect on tumor. X-ray is the least explored modality compared to electron or proton. The main challenge is to have electron accelerator achieving both high power and fast response. We introduce a compact radiator using a 10-MeV, backward travelling wave linac. This radiator generated X-rays with dose rate of 80 Gy/s at the SSD of 50 cm. It worked stably with the dose fluctuation less than 1%.

Speaker's Name Zha, Hao
Speaker's Title Dr.
Speaker's Gender Man

Primary author

Dr Hao Zha (Tsinghua University)

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