TH-C-BRB-02: Gating and Rescanning to Compensate for Organ Motion for Scanned Proton Beam Delivery

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (6Part35) ◽  
pp. 3853-3853
Author(s):  
K Kraus ◽  
E Heath ◽  
U Oelfke
Keyword(s):  
Proton Beam ◽  
Organ Motion ◽  
Beam Delivery

scholarly journals Optimization and evaluation of multiple gating beam delivery in a synchrotron-based proton beam scanning system using a real-time imaging technique

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 932-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahiro Yamada ◽  
Naoki Miyamoto ◽  
Taeko Matsuura ◽  
Seishin Takao ◽  
Yusuke Fujii ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Proton Beam ◽  
Imaging Technique ◽  
Scanning System ◽  
Beam Scanning ◽  
Real Time Imaging ◽  
Beam Delivery

scholarly journals OC-0230: Treatment log files as a tool to identify inaccuracies in scanned proton beam delivery and planning

2017 ◽  
Vol 123 ◽  
pp. S115
Author(s):  
M. Belosi ◽  
R. Van der Meer ◽  
P. Garcia de Acilu Laa ◽  
A. Bolsi ◽  
D. Weber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Proton Beam ◽  
Log Files ◽  
Beam Delivery

SU-E-T-638: Proton Beam Delivery to a Moving Lung Tumor and Monte Carlo Simulation with TOPAS

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (6Part22) ◽  
pp. 3483-3483
Author(s):  
M Coruh ◽  
N Demez ◽  
L Ewell
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo Simulation ◽  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Proton Beam ◽  
Lung Tumor ◽  
Beam Delivery

Treatment log files as a tool to identify treatment plan sensitivity to inaccuracies in scanned proton beam delivery

2017 ◽  
Vol 125 (3) ◽  
pp. 514-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Francesca Belosi ◽  
Robert van der Meer ◽  
Paz Garcia de Acilu Laa ◽  
Alessandra Bolsi ◽  
Damien C. Weber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Proton Beam ◽  
Treatment Plan ◽  
Log Files ◽  
Beam Delivery

Facility Overview for a Proton Beam Treatment Center

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 41-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lesyna
Keyword(s):  
Proton Beam ◽  
Radiation Treatment ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Proton Beam Therapy ◽  
Target Volume ◽  
Treatment System ◽  
Treatment Center ◽  
Delivery Methods ◽  
Beam Delivery

Proton beam therapy is now widely recognized as the most precise form of radiation treatment available for certain types of diseases. As such, there is an ever-increasing demand for efficient hospital-based systems capable of providing proton therapy on a routine basis. A hospital-based proton-beam treatment center consists of many systems that must be integrated to form a single simple-to-operate and maintain medical device. The system must be capable of accelerating the proton beam to the needed energies safely and effectively, transporting the beam successfully to the appropriate treatment room, and shaping the proton beam to the desired target volume within the patient. This paper overviews the major systems needed to meet these objectives as part of a complete proton-beam treatment system. This paper focuses on the areas of beam acceleration, beam transport, and beam delivery methods, including an introduction to both passive and active beam delivery methods. Additionally, it introduces and provides examples of the required simplicity and types of automation needed to achieve a high-capacity proton-beam treatment system, with specific examples based on use at the system at Loma Linda University Medical Center.

Commissioning of the discrete spot scanning proton beam delivery system at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Proton Therapy Center, Houston

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael T. Gillin ◽  
Narayan Sahoo ◽  
Martin Bues ◽  
George Ciangaru ◽  
Gabriel Sawakuchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Proton Beam ◽  
Delivery System ◽  
Proton Therapy ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
Spot Scanning ◽  
Beam Delivery ◽  
The University ◽  
Therapy Center ◽  
Beam Delivery System
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