Preclinical Challenges in Proton Minibeam Radiotherapy: Physics and Biomedical Aspects

    November 2020 in “ Frontiers in Physics ”
    Gerd Datzmann, Matthias Sammer, Stefanie Girst … Judith Reindl
    Studysummary This review discusses the experimental strategies and technological challenges of proton minibeam radiotherapy (pMBRT) and reports no clinical results; it highlights the potential of using a 3 GHz linear accelerator for precision therapy research.
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