21st IEEE Real Time Conference - Colonial Williamsburg

Session

Invited talk Protontherapy

15 Jun 2018, 08:30

Woodlands Conference Center

Conveners

Invited talk Protontherapy

• Kay Rehlich (DESY)

612. Progress in Particle Therapy Enabled by Technology

David Meer (Paul Scherrer Institute)

15/06/2018, 08:30

Oral presentation

Particle and in particular proton therapy is a form of radiation therapy that is successfully used to treat tumors. The physical properties of the protons allow precise irradiation of the tumor volume and optimal sparing of the surrounding healthy tissue. To achieve this, not only the number of protons but also their kinetic parameters must be precisely modulated. When the therapy was...