Pencil Beam Scanning Carbon Ion Radiotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma [PDF]
Wenna Zhang,1– 3 Xin Cai,1– 3 Jiayao Sun,2– 4 Weiwei Wang,2– 4 Jingfang Zhao,2– 4 Qing Zhang,1– 3 Guoliang Jiang,1– 3,5 Zheng Wang1– 3,5 1Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China ...
Zhang W +7 more
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Implementing ocular treatment with pencil beam scanning: the FHCC experience [PDF]
Background The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (FHCC) has developed a novel in-house method for ocular proton therapy by adapting a pencil beam scanning (PBS) beamline and using a commercial treatment planning system.
Jatinder Saini +8 more
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Proton Therapy for Uveal Melanoma on a Pencil Beam Scanning Gantry [PDF]
Purpose: We present our experience treating ocular tumors in a standard pencil beam scanning (PBS) gantry room without apertures, which could broaden access to proton therapy for patients with ocular cancer globally.
Hang Qi, PhD +17 more
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Absolute dosimetry for FLASH proton pencil beam scanning radiotherapy
A paradigm shift is occurring in clinical oncology exploiting the recent discovery that short pulses of ultra-high dose rate (UHDR) radiation—FLASH radiotherapy—can significantly spare healthy tissues whilst still being at least as effective in curing ...
Ana Lourenço +14 more
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Pencil beam scanning proton lattice radiotherapy: single-field versus multi-field optimization [PDF]
ObjectiveTo evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of single-field versus multi-field optimization in the clinical implementation of pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton lattice radiotherapy (LRT).MethodsLRT proton plans were created retrospectively for ...
Shouyi Wei +23 more
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A framework for defining FLASH dose rate for pencil beam scanning [PDF]
PurposeTo develop a method of (a) calculating the dose rate of voxels within a proton field delivered using pencil beam scanning (PBS), and (b) reporting a representative dose rate for the PBS treatment field that enables correspondence between multiple treatment modalities.
Eric Abel, S Busold, C C Ling
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Applications of various range shifters for proton pencil beam scanning radiotherapy [PDF]
Background A range pull-back device, such as a machine-related range shifter (MRS) or a universal patient-related range shifter (UPRS), is needed in pencil beam scanning technique to treat shallow tumors.
Haibo Lin +11 more
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Patient-Specific Quality Assurance in Pencil Beam Scanning by 2-Dimensional Array [PDF]
Purpose: This study aimed to determine the characteristics of 2D ionization chamber array and the confidence limits of the gamma passing rate in pencil beam scanning proton therapy.
Nuttida Rawiwan, MSc +4 more
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Range-compensated pencil beam scanning proton Arc therapy: a feasibility study [PDF]
Proton arc therapy is a conceptual treatment technique in proton therapy that delivers a scanned proton pencil beam simultaneously as the gantry is rotated around the patient, exploiting the geometric advantages of a continuous arc with the dosimetric ...
Blake R. Smith +3 more
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Fast MCsquare-Based Independent Dose Verification Platform for Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy
Purpose: To commission MCsquare (a multi-cores CPU-based dose calculation engine) for pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy, integrate it into RayStation treatment plan system (TPS) to create a dedicated platform for fast independent dose ...
Chunbo Liu +8 more
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