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- K. Höppner, R. Cee, M. Galonska, Th. Haberer, J. M. Mosthaf, A. Peters, S. Scheloske
HIT, Heidelberg
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The HIT (Heidelberg Ion Therapy) center is the first dedicated European accelerator facility for cancer therapy using both carbon ions and protons, located at the university hospital in Heidelberg. It provides three therapy treatment rooms, two with fixed beam exit (one operational since 2009, one under commissioning), and the first gantry worldwide where the beam exit can be rotated by 360 degrees, currently under commissioning. HIT uses a PC-based proprietary software system for accelerator controls with an Oracle database for storing device parameters, beam history, error logging etc. Since medical treatment of humans requires a high level of quality assurance, a detailed analysis of beam quality and error logs is needed. We wrote a series of database applications using Python to perform these tasks automatically and create daily reports on beam statistics and parameters, machine status and errors occurred. Additionally, some graphical applications on top of the commercial control system help the scientists and operators in the beam commissioning of the new therapy treatment rooms and the gantry. We will present these applications and show how they are used at HIT.
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