CERN Accelerating science

Serge Mathot with the first of the four modules that will make up the miniature accelerator. CERN has developed an accelerator just two metres long to be used in hospitals for medical imaging and the treatment of cancer. The HF-RFQ (High Frequency Radio Frequency Quadrupole) is the first compact accelerator built and designed at CERN. This accelerator is, for instance, used by the ADAM company as a medical application.

Photograph: Brice, Maximilien
Keywords: HF-RFQ; Medical application; Hadron therapy; Knowledge Transfer & Technology
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