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In the last ten years the use of proton beams in radiation therapy has becomea clinical tool for treatment of deep-seated tumours. LIBO is a RF compact andlow cost proton linear accelerator (SCL type) for hadrontherapy. It isconceived by TERA Foundation as a 3 GHz Linac Booster, to be mounted downstreamof an existing cyclotron in order to boost the energy of the proton beam up to200 MeV, needed for deep treatment (~25 cm) in the human body. With thissolution it is possible to transform a low energy commercial cyclotron,normally used for eye melanoma therapy, isotope production and nuclear physicsresearch, into an accelerator for deep-seated tumours. A prototype module ofLIBO has been built and successfully tested with full RF power at CERN and withproton beam at INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS) in Catania, within aninternational collaboration between TERA Foundation, CERN, the Universities andINFN groups of Milan and Naples. The mid-term aim of the project is thetechnology transfer of the accumulated know-how to a consortium of companiesand to bring this novel medical tool to hospitals. The design, construction andtests of the LIBO prototype are described in detail.

Design, construction and tests of a 3 GHz proton linac booster (LIBO) for cancer therapy