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Originally Posted by medphysdave
Proton system used for treating cancer. The room with the table is the treatment area. The big cylinder is the cyclotron. I system of magnetic fields that accelerate the protons to roughly 230MeV. Protons and other charged particles deposit energy at very discreet depths in tissue. (Bragg peak) Very little entrance dose and very little exit dose. Excellent for treating children whose cells are still rapidly dividing. This allows us to pinpoint only the tumor area and avoid the good tissue.
As that big cylinder rotates in a 180 degree arc the magnetic fields have to be adjusted. Some of what's in the pictures is what sends the signal for adjustment. That 15ton cyclotron is moved with mm accuracy. It's an amazing technology for treatment, but also an incredible marval of engineering.
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So basically a particle accelerator that shoots the particles into cancer and fits in a room.
