Research Masterclass in Radiotherapy Physics 2017

Organ motion in scanned beams

organ motion  interplay

stationary

Calculation

Rietzel and Bert, GSI, 2006/2007

Oliver Jäkel Scanning will generally not lead to a homogeneous dose for moving organs Medical Physics

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Thomas Bortfeld

Much work is put in the development of motion mitigation and in-vivo monitoring (prompt gamma, PET, etc.)

We are not making use of the full potential of particle therapy.

Oliver Jäkel

Medical Physics

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