Core Technology

While particle therapy has a lot in common with photon radiotherapy, at the heart of a particle therapy facility lies some very different core technology. 

One way to categorize the various technologies is in terms of their functions which, in broad terms, are:

Beam Production

IBA has an extensive history building and operating high-energy particle accelerators, having developed expertise in custom and standard designs for market applications [...]

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Beam Delivery

Following production of the beam comes the beam delivery equipment, that is, the equipment necessary to deliver the therapeutic particle beam to the patient [...]

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Ancillary Equipment

IBA has all the ancillary equipment necessary to complete your PT facility, many of which are manufactured to IBA specifications and packaged together with the core technological components [...]