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Radiation therapy

Radiotherapy, particle therapy, ultrasound therapy and more

Research & Innovation News

Monte Carlo codes under close scrutiny

How do Monte Carlo codes compare when calculating secondary particle production for hadron therapy verification?

Phantom assesses mammography quality

A phantom designed to evaluate the image quality of digital mammography systems offers high sensitivity at a lower cost.

In brief: research round-up

Recent developments in treatment monitoring, cryoablation, ultrasound therapy and more.

Intra-fractional imaging with CBCT

Cone-beam CT technique enables patient imaging during the delivery of respiratory gated radiotherapy.

Opinion

Electrons: are they underused in radiotherapy?

ESTRO debate examines the future of electrons in radiation therapy.

Biological optimization for radiotherapy

Individualizing radiotherapy plans based on radiobiological models could improve tumour control without increasing complications.

A pioneering approach to proton therapy

Video: Thomas Bortfeld describes the cutting-edge cancer treatments available at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Iterative least-squares optimizes VMAT apertures

Use of iterative least-squares for aperture optimization reduces leaf motion and monitor unit variation in volumetric-modulated arc therapy plans.

Physics in Medicine & Biology

Constrained reconstructions for 4D intervention guidance

J Kuntz, B Flach, R Kueres, W Semmler, M Kachelrieß and S Bartling 2013 Phys. Med. Biol. 58 3283

A Monte Carlo-based model of gold nanoparticle radiosensitization accounting for increased radiobiological effectiveness

E Lechtman, S Mashouf, N Chattopadhyay, B M Keller, P Lai1, Z Cai, R M Reilly and J-P Pignol 2013 Phys. Med. Biol. 58 3075

Distributions of secondary particles in proton and carbon-ion therapy: a comparison between GATE/Geant4 and FLUKA Monte Carlo codes

C Robert, G Dedes, G Battistoni, T T Böhlen, I Buvat, F Cerutti, M P W Chin, A Ferrari, P Gueth, C Kurz, L Lestand, A Mairani, G Montarou, R Nicolini, P G Ortega, K Parodi, Y Prezado, P R Sala, D Sarrut and E Testa 2013 Phys. Med. Biol. 58 2879