Precise magnetic field control of the scanning magnets for the APTRON beam delivery system

A design for precise scanning magnetic field control for the beam delivery system of the Shanghai Advanced Proton Therapy Facility (APTRON) is presented in this paper. With a novel feedforward algorithm to compensate for magnet hysteresis, the scanning magnetic field can be controlled to within a precision of ± 2.5 G. The main advantage of the proposed feedforward algorithm is that the average settling time is shorter compared with that of a conventional feedback algorithm with acceptable tolerance.