Research
Jul 2, 2007
Tumour motion: on the right track
Tumour motion is perhaps the most complex problem in radiation therapy. For starters, it's actually two problems not one: any system which attempts to compensate for tumour motion must first be able to track it - a major challenge in itself. Now, however, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (both in Boston, MA) reckon they've taken a significant step forward with the demonstration of a technique that's able to track multiple implanted fiducials in moving tissues (Phys. Med. Biol. 52 4081).
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