Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-192) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Historical background -- A brief timeline -- The first Harvard University cyclotron -- The second Harvard cyclotron, 1945-1955 -- The second Harvard cyclotron, 1955-1967 -- Proton radiotherapy, first steps (1961-1967) -- Who wanted the cyclotron? Who would pay for it? (1967-1973) -- Proton radiography and calcium measurements -- Proton radiotherapy, the continued work (1975-2002) -- Other experiments: radiation damage studies -- Other experiments: cross-sections for radionuclide production -- Other experiments: radionuclide production for medicine and physics -- Other non cyclotron experiments in the cyclotron laboratory: the CAT scanner -- RIP -- World wide charged particle patient totals -- Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory: 50th anniversary - a symposium celebrating 50 years of proton beams at the Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory (HCL) -- Published work from Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory.
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