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DOSE
LET
Planned target
SFUD
LET-Painting
LET Painting for hypoxic tumors
F-MISO PET
C
12
p
C
12
p
Scanning and IMPT offers additional degrees of freedom
for plan optimization (LET, beam width, scan path, …)
Courtesy of N. Bassler et al. (Aarhus)
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Outlook: Helium to replace protons ?
He may replace p’s:
- reduced penumbra
- similar biology
He beams commissioned at HIT in Dec 2013