Initial performance of the Stanford medical pion generator

D. A. Pistenma; P. Fessenden; D. P. Boyd; G. Luxton; R. Taber; M. A. Bagshaw

doi:10.1148/122.2.527

Initial performance of the Stanford medical pion generator

D. A. Pistenma, P. Fessenden, D. P. Boyd, G. Luxton, R. Taber, M. A. Bagshaw

Radiation Oncology

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A novel, cylindrical geometry, superconducting pion channel has been constructed at Stanford. It can simultaneously deliver up to 60 radially converging pion beams of the same mean momentum but with individually variable momentum spread (0.0-4.3%). Virtually no tuning of the pion beam is required. Preliminary tests have demonstrated many of the performance characteristics which facilitate the treatment of selected human tumors.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	527-529
Number of pages	3
Journal	Unknown Journal
Volume	122
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1148/122.2.527
State	Published - 1977

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