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Proton therapy technology evolution in the clinic: impact on radiation protection.

Journal Contribution - Journal Article

The use of proton therapy as a treatment modality is becoming more widespread in conventional radiation therapy practice. Commercialisation and introduction of compact systems has led to embedding of proton therapy facilities in existing hospital environments. In addition, technologically, proton therapy is currently undergoing an important evolution, moving from passive scattering delivery techniques to active pencil beam scanning, adopting image guidance techniques from conventional radiotherapy and introducing various range verification techniques in the clinic. An overview is given of today's technological evolution of proton therapy in clinical environments, and its impact on aspects of radiation protection.
Journal: Ann ICRP
ISSN: 0146-6453
Issue: 3-4
Volume: 47
Pages: 177 - 186
Publication year:2018
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