Improving the dose distributions in minibeam radiation therapy: Helium ions vs protons.
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DOI: 10.1002/mp.13646
Abstract: PURPOSE Charged particle minibeam radiation therapy is a novel therapeutic strategy aiming at reducing the normal tissue complication probability by combining the normal tissue sparing of submillimetric, spatially fractionated beams with the improved dose deposition… read more here.
Keywords: helium ions; radiation therapy; minibeam; minibeam radiation ... See more keywords
INVESTIGATING VARIABLE RBE IN A 12C MINIBEAM FIELD WITH MICRODOSIMETRY AND GEANT4.
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DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncy234
Abstract: An experimental and simulation-based study was performed on a 12C ion minibeam radiation therapy (MBRT) field produced with a clinical broad beam and a brass multi-slit collimator (MSC). Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) microdosimeters developed at the Centre… read more here.
Keywords: variable rbe; field; minibeam; investigating variable ... See more keywords
Conceptual Design of a Novel Nozzle Combined with a Clinical Proton Linac for Magnetically Focussed Minibeams
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DOI: 10.3390/cancers13184657
Abstract: Simple Summary Proton minibeam radiation therapy (pMBRT) is a novel therapeutic strategy that combines the tissue sparing potential of submillimetric, spatially fractionated beams (minibeams) with the improved ballistics of protons to enhance the tolerance of… read more here.
Keywords: clinical proton; proton; focussed minibeams; minibeam ... See more keywords