One of the great modern accomplishments of medical science is that cancer patients are living longer than ever before. This is largely attributed to the improved ability to fight cancer with improved ...

Measurement set-up showing the 2D array ion chamber detector on top of the motion platform. (Courtesy: Eunsin Lee) Intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) delivered via proton pencil-beam scanning ...

Dose distributions for (left) an uncollimated plan and (centre) a plan with apertures for proton therapy of an optic glioma; the right panel shows the dose differences. The use of apertures reduces ...

Pencil beam scanning systems shape the delivered radiation dose by “painting” tumors spot-by-spot and layer-by-layer with sub-atomic particles. Prior to HYPERSCAN PBS, scanning proton systems ...

The nation's first and only proton therapy center to treat patients exclusively with pencil-beam scanning is reporting exceptional results in delivering cancer treatment since opening for patient care ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2022.200050 overviews pencil-beam scanning catheter for intracoronary optical coherence tomography. Cardiovascular disease is one of ...