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TY - CONF AU - Welsch, C.P. ED - Liu, Zhengzheng ED - Lidia, Steven ED - McCausey, Amy ED - Schaa, Volker RW TI - Advances in Diagnostics for Medical Accelerators J2 - Proc. of IBIC2017, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 20-24 August 2017 C1 - Grand Rapids, MI, USA T2 - International Beam Instrumentation Conference T3 - 6 LA - english AB - The Optimization of Medical Accelerators (OMA) is the aim of a new pan-European project. As one of the largest initiatives of its kind, OMA joins more than 30 universities, research centers and clinical facilities with industry partners to address the challenges in treatment facility design and optimization, numerical simulations for the development of advanced treatment schemes, and beam imaging and treatment monitoring. This contribution starts with an overview of the project's research into beam diagnostics and imaging. It then presents specific research outcomes from investigations into applying detector technologies originally developed for high energy physics experiments (such as VELO, Medipix) for medical applications; identification of optimum detector configurations and materials for high resolution spectrometers for proton therapy and radiography; ultra-low charge beam current monitors and diagnostics for cell studies using proton beams. Finally, it summarizes the interdisciplinary training program that OMA provides to its 15 Fellows, as well as the wider medical accelerator community. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 37 EP - 40 KW - ion KW - proton KW - FEL KW - detector KW - diagnostics DA - 2018/03 PY - 2018 SN - 978-3-95450-192-2 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2017-MOPCC01 UR - http://jacow.org/ibic2017/papers/mopcc01.pdf ER -