Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
564-02-012 ISMRM Abstract

Design of Magnet Configurations for a 0.55 T Superconducting MRI System for MRI-Guided Upright Particle Therapy

Primary: Physics & Engineering - Magnets (B0)
Secondary: Interventional - MR-Guided Radiotherapy
564-02-012 · Interventional MRI: General · Wednesday, 13 May, 9:15 AM–10:10 AM · Digital Posters Row E
Keywords: Magnets (B0) MR-Guided Radiotherapy 0.55T Superconducting magnet
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Francesca Vacca 1,2,3,4, Philipp Amrein5, Sebastian Klüter1,6,7, Stefan Röll5, Jürgen Debus1,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,12, Mark E Ladd2,11,12,13, Thomas M Fiedler1,2,4,12
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
2Medical Physics in Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
3Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
4Clinical Cooperation Unit Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
5Neoscan Solutions GmbH, Magdeburg, Germany
6National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg, Germany
7Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
8Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
9German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany
10National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
11Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
12Faculty of Medicine, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
13Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
Presenting Author: Francesca Vacca

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