Clinical Characterization of a Table Mounted Range Shifter Board for Synchrotron-Based Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy for Pediatric Craniospinal Irradiation

Clinical Characterization of a Table Mounted Range Shifter Board for Synchrotron-Based Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy for Pediatric Craniospinal Irradiation

<i>Purpose</i>: To report our design, manufacturing, commissioning and initial clinical experience with a table-mounted range shifter board (RSB) intended to replace the machine-mounted range shifter (MRS) in a synchrotron-based pencil beam scanning (PBS) system to reduce penumbra and no...

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Main Authors: William T. Hrinivich, Heng Li, Anh Tran, Sahaja Acharya, Matthew M. Ladra, Khadija Sheikh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-05-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
craniospinal irradiation
pediatric radiotherapy
proton therapy
pencil beam scanning
image-guided radiotherapy
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/15/11/2882

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