Proton therapy delivery: what is needed in the next ten years?
| Autor: | Andries N Schreuder, Jacob Shamblin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Proton therapy special feature: Review Article
Engineering Time Factors Population Patient positioning Patient Positioning 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Beam delivery Neoplasms Proton Therapy Humans Organ Motion Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging education Proton therapy Marketing of Health Services education.field_of_study business.industry Respiration Uncertainty Absorption Radiation General Medicine Proton radiation therapy Risk analysis (engineering) 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Calibration Radiotherapy Intensity-Modulated business Forecasting Radiotherapy Image-Guided |
| Zdroj: | Br J Radiol |
| ISSN: | 1748-880X 0007-1285 |
| Popis: | Proton radiation therapy has been used clinically since 1952, and major advancements in the last 10 years have helped establish protons as a major clinical modality in the cancer-fighting arsenal. Technologies will always evolve, but enough major breakthroughs have been accomplished over the past 10 years to allow for a major revolution in proton therapy. This paper summarizes the major technology advancements with respect to beam delivery that are now ready for mass implementation in the proton therapy space and encourages vendors to bring these to market to benefit the cancer population worldwide. We state why these technologies are essential and ready for implementation, and we discuss how future systems should be designed to accommodate their required features. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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