Superconductivity and other new Developments in Gantry Design for Particle Therapy

Session

Status, requirements and challenges

REQ

17 Sept 2015, 14:00

Park Hotel Bad Zurzach

Conveners

Status, requirements and challenges

• Jay Flanz (Massachusetts General Hospital)

Status, requirements and challenges

• Jay Flanz (Massachusetts General Hospital)

Description

Status, Requirements, Challenges and future direction of gantry developments for particle therapy

4. Welcome and introduction

Prof. Marco Schippers (Paul Scherrer Institute)

17/09/2015, 14:00

5. Recent developments and experiences in beam optics of compact gantries for proton therapy

Prof. Jay Flanz (Massachusetts General Hospital)

17/09/2015, 14:15

6. How to keep high quality treatments using a compact gantry

Dr Emma Pearson (IBA)

17/09/2015, 15:00

7. Clinical importance of gantries in particle therapy

Prof. Tony Lomax (Paul Scherrer Institute)

17/09/2015, 15:30

8. Clinical aspects of compact gantry designs

Dr Jürgen Heese (Varian Medical Systems Particle Therapy GmbH)

17/09/2015, 16:30

9. Consequences of fast beam scanning on gantry design

Dr Serena Psoroulas (Paul Scherrer Institute)

17/09/2015, 17:00

20. Advantages and challenges of superconducting magnets use in gantry design

Dr Alexander Gerbershagen (Paul Scherrer Institute)

17/09/2015, 17:30