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Betatron–Quastler era at the University of Illinois
Author(s) -
Kerst D. W.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.594197
Subject(s) - betatron , imaging phantom , collimated light , medical physics , physics , beam (structure) , cathode ray , nuclear physics , nuclear medicine , engineering physics , optics , electron , medicine , laser
New accelerator technology and a gathering of physicists and doctors interested in applications to therapy in the late 1940s made possible the development of early multimegavolt betatron techniques. Dr. Henry Quastler brought experience for an actual x‐ray treatment, and Dr. Lester Skaggs joined the group to extract the electron beam. Some of the collaborating students were G. D. Adams, H. W. Koch, J. S. Laughlin, L. H. Lanzl, and E. F. Lanzl. The physics staff had succeeded in sealing off a vacuum tube for the betatron, and further developments involved field flattening, exposure measurements, collimation, stray electron control, phantom tests, and development of a beam peeler.
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