linear accelerator
Straight particle accelerator
A linear accelerator is a device that propels charged particles—electrons, protons, or ions—along a straight path using electromagnetic fields.
Used in physics research to study subatomic particles and in medicine to deliver targeted radiation for cancer treatment: The hospital installed a new linear accelerator for oncology patients.
Often shortened to linac.
- proton therapyCancer treatment with charged particles
- waveguideStructure directing energy propagation
- SLACLinear particle accelerator facility
- radiotherapyMedical radiation for cancer
- magnetronMicrowave-generating vacuum tube
dosimetry · brachytherapy · oncology · linac · vacuum chamber · food preservation · standing wave · gamma knife · electron gun · particle beam · radiation · CERN · particle · bunker · tumor · target · cancer · cancer treatment
- oncologycancer, tumor, carcinoma, metastasis, malignancy
- Big ScienceCERN, Large Hadron Collider, LHC, synchrotron, particle physics
- medical physicsradiation therapy, radiotherapy, dosimetry, medical imaging, radiation oncology
- Particle Beamselectron beam, proton beam, cyclotron, synchrotron, cathode ray
- Radiotherapy Equipmentlinac, gamma knife, gantry, collimator, applicator
- acceleratorscyclotron, synchrotron, collider, linac, hadron collider
accelerate, linear, accelerating, acceleration, accelerated, accelerator, decelerate, nonlinear, deceleration