Transportable Strahlführungslinie zur Ionenstrahlbestrahlung

Details

Veröffentlichungs-Nr.

EP4759356

Anmeldetag

16. Dezember 2024

Veröffentlichung

17. Juni 2026

Rechtsraum

EP

IPC

A61N5/10, A61D99/00, G21K5/04

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a transportable beamline (100, 200) for ion beam irradiation, in particular small animal ion beam irradiation, and a method (700) of aligning a transportable beamline. The beamline (100, 200) is configured to receive an ion beam (102), in particular a proton beam, from an ion beam source and to guide the ion beam (102) along a beam path (104) to a target point (106) that is to be irradiated. The beamline (100, 200) comprises: an energy degrader (108, 500) for decelerating ions in the ion beam (102); a collimator (110, 400) for collimating the ion beam (102); a focusing assembly (112) for focusing the ion beam (102), the focusing assembly (112) being arranged downstream of the energy degrader (108, 500) and the collimator (110, 400) along the beam path (104) for the ion beam (102) and comprising two or more quadrupole magnets (112A-C) arranged along the beam path (104); and a common base structure (114) to which at least the collimator (110, 400) and the focusing assembly (112) are mounted, the common base structure (114) being configured to preserve relative alignment between the collimator (110, 400) and the two or more quadrupole magnets (112A-C) during transport of the beamline (100, 200), wherein some or all of said two or more quadrupole magnets (112A-C) are removably mounted to the common base structure (114) via a respective kinematic mount (116, 300).

Anmelder

Firma

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Land

🇩🇪 Deutschland