Research Masterclass in Radiotherapy Physics 2017

The begining of MRT

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Generation of Microbeams

Creation of microbeams with synchrotron radiation (= photon beams):

- 25-75 µm wide beams - 100-400 µm distance (ctc) - dose rate 16,000 Gy/s - photon energy 40-150 keV - even in 15 cm water depth dose gradients remain sharp