Heat management of a compact x-ray source for microbeam radiotherapy and FLASH treatments.
Johanna WinterAnton DimrothSebastian RoetzerYunzhe ZhangKarl-Ludwig KrämerChristian PetrichChristoph MatejcekKurt AulenbacherMarkus ZimmermannStephanie E CombsMarek GalekGhaleb NatourMichael ButzekJan Jakob WilkensStefan H BartzschPublished in: Medical physics (2022)
The heat capacity limit allows very high power densities at the focal spot of the LFxT and thus facilitates very high dose rates. Numerical simulations demonstrated that the heat load imparted by scattering electrons requires active cooling.