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 **Diese Plots finde ich gut, wir sollten aber vielleicht nur die oberen nehmen, sonst finde ich es etwas unuebersichtlich, was meinst Du?** **Diese Plots finde ich gut, wir sollten aber vielleicht nur die oberen nehmen, sonst finde ich es etwas unuebersichtlich, was meinst Du?**
  
 +<color blue> Der 4-er Pack kam so zunächst aus meiner Analyse. Wir sollten uns vielleicht auf eine Ebene (SP X und FWHM X) beschränken und erwähnen, dass ähnliche Resultate für die andere Ebene. </color>
 ==== Paper: TUPC122 ==== ==== Paper: TUPC122 ====
 <color red>__Bei der Suche im Archiv wurde das Paper unter der folgenden Nummer TUPC095 gefunden?!?!__</color> <color red>__Bei der Suche im Archiv wurde das Paper unter der folgenden Nummer TUPC095 gefunden?!?!__</color>
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 === Automated therapy protocols === === Automated therapy protocols ===
-All beam diagnostic devices are an integrated part of the overall accelerator control system (ACS) of HIT. The basic principle of the ACS is to store all relevant bea, pra,eters and device settings, such as set values for magnet power supplies or the rf system, in so-called virtual accelerators (VACCs). This concept is then further enhanced for the needs of an medical accelerator by MEFI-settings, encapsulating whole sequences of VACCs with various+All beam diagnostic devices are an integrated part of the overall accelerator control system (ACS) of HIT. The basic principle of the ACS is to store all relevant bea, pra,eters and device settings, such as set values for magnet power supplies or the rf system, in so-called virtual accelerators (VACCs). This concept is then further enhanced for the needs of an medical accelerator by MEFI-settings, encapsulating whole sequences of VACCs with various Energy, Focus or Intensity settings as needed for patient treatment. 
 +Clearly procedures have to be foreseen to test and verify all beam parameters during the MEFI controlled operation of the accelerator. This is done in an automated way by means of the integrated beam diagnostic system performing so-called therapy protocols. An example for the data taken with a therapy protocol is presented in Fig 7. The plots show the center-of-mass and beam width for 4 different focus settings as a function of energy. Both parameters show a slight dependance on the beam energy, that has to be further minimized by tuning the machine. It is important to mention that the profile data of MWPCs, Scintillation Screens and Isocenter Diagnostics can be included into therapy protocolls in an identical manner. 
  
 === Conclusions and outlook === === Conclusions and outlook ===
 +We have presented that the well-integrated beam diagnostic devices of HIT include essential tools for the whole commissioning process. Especially the beam diagnostic devices of the HEBT section are used for troubleshooting and fine-tuning of the HIT synchrotron, as well as tests and verification of the beam delivered to the treatment places. In order to verify the beam as needed for medical treatments the isocenter diagnostics has proven to be extremely useful. For an effective and time-optimized commissioning of this final part of the accelerator automated therapy protocols were implemented. These procedures will in the future be also part of routine checks when the HIT facility is in operation for patient treatment. 
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 === References === === References ===
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