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Gillespie, G.H.

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WEPLT151 Using the PBO LAB(TM) Optimization and Transport Modules to Gain an Improved Understanding of the LLUMC Proton Therapy Beamlines 2188
 
  • G.H. Gillespie, O.V. Voronkova
    G.H. Gillespie Associates, Inc., Del Mar, California
  • G. Coutrakon, J. Hubbard, E. Sanders
    LLU/MC, Loma Linda, California
  
  The Particle Beam Optics Laboratory (PBO Lab) has an advanced Optimization Module that works in concert with beam optics codes (also modules in PBO Lab) to solve optimization and fitting problems that are difficult or impossible to address with optics code alone. The PBO Lab Optimization Module has been used in conjunction with the TRANSPORT Module to study the beamlines of the proton therapy center at the Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC). The primary goal of the study was to establish a fast, efficient and reliable procedure for determining the parameters of the beam extracted from the synchrotron accelerator that best fit the extensive wire scanner profile data used to monitor the LLUMC proton therapy beamlines. This paper summarizes how the PBO Lab Optimization Module is applied to this problem and presents selected results from the LLUMC proton therapy beamline study.