Patent ID: 7423278
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: G21K,H05H

Abstract:
1. Acceleration system for composite charged particles, nuclear or molecular, with mass number greater than 1, in the form of ion beams, comprising: a conventional or superconducting cyclotron, a radiofrequency linear accelerator (Linac), a medium energy beam transport line (MEBT) connected, on one end, either to the cyclotron output or to the output of the first part of the radiofrequency linear accelerator and, on the other end, either to the input of the radiofrequency linear accelerator or to the second part of the said radiofrequency linear accelerator, and a high energy beam transport line (HEBT) connected, on one end to the output of said radiofrequency linear accelerator and on the other end to a system for dose distribution to the patient, wherein, the radiofrequency linear accelerator features a resonant frequency greater than or equal to 1 GHz, and in order to accelerate