Medical linac design possibilities

During the last five years, a dramatic expansion of the use of accelerator generated radiations in medicine became possible. The application of resonant standing wave accelerator technology to conventional medical linac systems brought them within the reach of hundreds of cancer treatment centers throughout the country. In addition, the construction of meson factories will allow the use of secondary particle beams for cancer therapy. A brief discussion of the LAMPF linear accelerator is provided, including the properties of the side coupled accelerator system. Some design criteria for possible dedicated meson producing accelerator systems for hospital use are described