A Universal Range Shifter and Range Compensator Can Enable Proton Pencil Beam Scanning Single-Energy Bragg Peak FLASH-RT Treatment Using Current Commercially Available Proton Systems
Minglei Kang, Shouyi Wei, Jehee Isabelle Choi, Haibo Lin, Charles B. Simone
Topics & Concepts
Bragg peakProton therapyPencil-beam scanningProtonNuclear medicineImaging phantomDosimetryMedicinePencil (optics)Beam (structure)Flash (photography)OpticsPhysicsNuclear physicsRadiation Therapy and DosimetryAdvanced Radiotherapy TechniquesEffects of Radiation Exposure