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Recent success in laser-driven particle acceleration has increased interest in laser-generated “accelerator-quality” beams. For example, protons and ions have been produced with up to several tens of MeV per nucleon and monoenergetic features could be generated. Compact, high-gradient laser-accelerators are therefore now being discussed as a potentially viable technology for a host of particle-beam applications, including future compact medical accelerators for medical diagnostics and therapy. For this purpose, a new center for radiation therapy in oncology is founded in Dresden. Following the commissioning of a 150 TW laser system at the Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf the first acceleration of ion beams has been performed. In this test experiment proton beams with energies up to 6 MeV could be reached.
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Kraft, S.D. et al. (2009). Laser-accelerated ion beams for future medical applications. In: Dössel, O., Schlegel, W.C. (eds) World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, Germany. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 25/13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03895-2_31
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