Equipment that precisely delivers a concentrated dose of radiation to a predetermined target using X-rays.
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type of particle accelerator (q.v.) that imparts a series of relatively small increases in energy to subatomic particles as they pass through a ... [5 related articles]
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A machine that uses electricity to form a stream of fast-moving subatomic particles. This creates high-energy radiation that may be used to treat cancer. Also called linac, mega-voltage linear accelerator, and MeV linear accelerator.
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A device used for accelerating charged particles along a straight line path.
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Also known as a linac, a type of particle accelerator in which charged particles travel in straight lines through a vaccum chamber. Early linear accelerators were electrostatic accelerators. In more modern types, a high-frequency, alternating electric field is used to accelerate the particles. Fin...
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an accelerator in which charged particles are accelerated along a straight path either by means of a travelling electromagnetic field or through a series of small gaps between electrodes that are so connected to an alternating voltage supply of high frequency that, as the particles arrive at successive gaps, the field always accelerates them. NOTE ...
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A device used for accelerating charged particles along a straight line path.
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<apparatus> A sophisticated external beam radiotherapy machine which has the capabilities of focussing irradiation (although not very finely). ... Acronym: LinAC ... (16 Dec 1997) ...
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A type of radiotherapy treatment machine.
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(LINAC) Type: Term Definitions: 1. a device imparting high velocity and energy to atomic and subatomic particles; an important device for radiation therapy.
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[
n] - ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path
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linac noun ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path
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In physics, a type of particle accelerator in which the particles move along a straight tube. Particles pass through a linear accelerator only once – unlike those in a cyclotron or synchrotron (ring-shaped accelerators), which make many revolutions, gaining energy each time. The world's longest linac is the Stanford Linear Collider, in...
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A type of particle accelerator in which charged particles are accelerated in a straight line, either by a steady electrical field or by means of radiofrequency electric fields. In the latter variety, the passage of the particle is synchronized with the phase of the accelerating field. The SLAC Linear Accelerator (linac) is a two-mile ...
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