Status of VHEE radiotherapy related studies at the CLEAR user facility at CERN

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Despite the increase in interest in using Very High Energy Electron (VHEE) beams for cancer radiotherapy many unanswered questions in its development remain. The use of test facilities will be an essential tool used to solve these issues. The 200 MeV electron beam from the CERN Linear Accelerator for Research (CLEAR) has been used extensively, in collaboration with several research institutes, to perform dosimetry studies and explore potential applications of VHEE beams to radiotherapy, including the exploitation of the so called FLASH effect. In this paper, we present an overview of past studies with emphasis on the more recent results. We describe methods, techniques and equipment developed at CERN in this framework, and give an outlook on future activities.

Authors: Corsini, R; Farabolini, W; Gilardi, A; Dyks, LA; Korysko, P

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Joint Accelerator Conferences Website
• Host title: Proceedings of the 12th International Particle Accelerator Conference
• Publication date: 2021-08-27
• Acceptance date: 2021-06-23
• Event title: 12th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2021)
• Event location: Virtual event.
• Event website: https://accelconf.web.cern.ch/ipac2021/
• Event start date: 2021-05-24
• Event end date: 2021-05-28
• DOI: 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB044
• ISSN: 2673-5490
• EISBN: 978-3-95450-214-1
• Language: English
• Keywords: FFR