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DESCRIPTION:The use of proton beams for radiotherapy has been proposed in t
 he 1940s and patients have been treated with this modality since the 1960s
 . With the advent of more powerful computers for therapy planning and fast
  electronics for sophisticated controls in the 1990s it became possible to
  even better exploit the therapeutic advantage of protons by employing mag
 netic pencil beam scanning. While pioneering work was carried out in physi
 cs research laboratories therapy facilities have now become commercially a
 vailable by a number of vendors. Technology-driven research is ongoing to 
 further improve the quality of protontherapy and make it available to a la
 rger number of patients.\nThe talk will give an overview of the developmen
 t of protontherapy and illustrate how therapeutic innovations have been dr
 iven by technological progress. Current research topics like ultra-high do
 se rate beam delivery (“FLASH”) and approaches to compensate the effec
 t of organ motion will be presented.\n\nMartin Grossmann\n\nIEAP\, CTU in 
 Prague\, Husova 240/5\, Prague\, Czech Republic\, Czech Republic
LOCATION:IEAP\, CTU in Prague\, Husova 240/5\, Prague\, Czech Republic\, Cz
 ech Republic
ORGANIZER:andre.sopczak@cern.ch
SEQUENCE:4
SUMMARY:Recent Developments in Protontherapy – Technology for the Benefit
  of Patients
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/522177
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The use of proton beams for radiotherapy h
 as been proposed in the 1940s and patients have been treated with this mod
 ality since the 1960s. With the advent of more powerful computers for ther
 apy planning and fast electronics for sophisticated controls in the 1990s 
 it became possible to even better exploit the therapeutic advantage of pro
 tons by employing magnetic pencil beam scanning. While pioneering work was
  carried out in physics research laboratories therapy facilities have now 
 become commercially available by a number of vendors. Technology-driven re
 search is ongoing to further improve the quality of protontherapy and make
  it available to a larger number of patients.<br>&nbsp\;The talk will give
  an overview of the development of protontherapy and illustrate how therap
 eutic innovations have been driven by technological progress.&nbsp\; Curre
 nt research topics like ultra-high dose rate beam delivery (&ldquo\;FLASH&
 rdquo\;) and approaches to compensate the effect of organ motion will be p
 resented.</p>\n<p>Martin Grossmann</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>
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