Research
May 29, 2008
Proton range verification: work in progress
With proton therapy playing an increasing role in the treatment of cancers it's fitting to address one of the technique's main drawbacks: its sensitivity to uncertainties such as beam-delivery or patient set-up errors. The lack of a means by which to accurately monitor such uncertainties sometimes results in an optimal treatment plan being rejected in favour of a plan that's more robust to uncertainty.
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