NDLI: The Microprocessor-Based Control System for the Fermilab Cancer Therapy Facility

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Author	Goodwin, R. W. Shea, M. F.
Copyright Year	1963
Abstract	A Neutron Cancer Therapy Facility (CTF) has been installed near the Fermilab 200 MeV proton Linear Accelerator. Sixty-six MeV protons extracted from the Linac are transported to a beryllium target that produces neutrons for patient treatment. A 6800-based microcomputer system, interfaced to the Linac control system, has been used since 1975 to perform the data acquisition and control functions required to operate the facility from the Linac control console. Beginning in March of 1977, routine operation of the facilityfor patient treatment has been done from a local medical control room using a disk-based 6800 system operated from a CRT terminal. This system provides the medical technologist with a display of information and control of parameters necessary for patient treatment, including the accumulation and limits of dose delivered to the patient. A hard copy of treatment parameters is generated for the patient's record following the delivery of each fractional treatment. Because the controlroom microcomputer uses a disk operating system, alternate programs may be loaded from disk and the system used for detector calibration, radiobiology irradiations and even further software development. Details of these two microcomputer systems, the parameters and devices they control and monitor, and the operating experience gained in on-line patient treatment use is presented.
Sponsorship	IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Computer Applications in Nuclear and Plasma Sciences (CANPS) Lawrence Berkeley Lab. Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab. APS College of William and Mary Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility NASA Defence Nuclear Agency Sandia National Laboratories Jet Propulsion Laboratory Brookhaven Nat. Lab. Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab IEEE/NPPS Radiat. Effects Committee Defence Nuclear Agency/DoD Sandia National Laboratories/DOE Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA Phillips Lab./DoD
Starting Page	496
Ending Page	500
Page Count	5
File Size	3760797
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00189499
Volume Number	25
Issue Number	1
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1978-02-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Control systems Cancer Medical treatment Medical control systems Linear particle accelerator Microcomputers Neutrons Protons Linear accelerators Data mining
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nuclear and High Energy Physics Electrical and Electronic Engineering Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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