Proton radiotherapy facility for ocular tumors at the IFJ PAN in Kraków Poland

Barbara Michalec; Jan Swakoń; Urszula Sowa; Marta Ptaszkiewicz; Teresa Cywicka-Jakiel; Paweł Olko

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.11.001

Proton radiotherapy facility for ocular tumors at the IFJ PAN in Kraków Poland

Appl Radiat Isot. 2010 Apr-May;68(4-5):738-42. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.11.001. Epub 2009 Nov 10.

Authors

Barbara Michalec¹, Jan Swakoń, Urszula Sowa, Marta Ptaszkiewicz, Teresa Cywicka-Jakiel, Paweł Olko

Affiliation

¹ The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland.

PMID: 19939688
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.11.001

Abstract

The proton radiotherapy facility for the eye melanoma treatment is under development at the Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN) in Krakow. The facility uses protons, accelerated by the AIC-144 isochronous cyclotron up to the energy of 60 MeV. The infrastructure and all necessary equipment have been already installed. The paper describes the present status of the facility, gives results of the preliminary beam measurements and shows future perspectives.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Computer-Aided Design
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Eye Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Nuclear Medicine / instrumentation*
Nuclear Medicine / trends
Particle Accelerators / instrumentation*
Poland
Proton Therapy
Radiotherapy, High-Energy / instrumentation*

Substances

Protons