11th International Meeting of the Union for Compact Accelerator-driven Neutron Sources (UCANS11)

Performance of Neutron Beam System for Accelerator-Based BNCT

27 Feb 2025, 14:40

20m

Pinnacle at the Pier

Contributed Oral Session 10

Speaker

Alexander Dunaevsky (TAE Life Sciences)

Description

Neutron Beam System (NBS) based on electrostatic proton accelerator designed for accelerator-based Boron-Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) has been installed in Xiamen Humanity Hospital, China. The NBS is used for patient treatments since October 2023, after more than a year of preliminary studies. By the end of 2024, more than 50 treatments were served. NBS uptime during 2024 was above 96%. Repeatability of the beam parameters were well within 2%. In present configuration with only one treatment room operational, the overall machine usage including clinical use, physics and dosimetry measurements, and biological experiments, reached 27% of its capacity. The presentation also discusses other aspects of the achieved performance.