Read article: Optical imaging characterizes radioactive ion beams
Prompt luminescence and Cerenkov imaging offer high-resolution, low-cost range verification of radioactive ion beams
Read article: £4.5m donation escalates proton therapy research at The Christie
A £4.5m donation to The Christie hospital will support the UK's first clinical trial using high-energy proton therapy
Read article: Laser collisions could boost proton-beam energies
New simulations point towards compact accelerators for radiotherapy
Read article: Dual-energy CT for proton therapy planning reaches the clinic
CT scans acquired at two X-ray energies lead to more accurate proton therapy planning and greater healthy tissue sparing
Read article: Minibeam radiotherapy: from photons to charged particles
Spatially fractionated radiation beams can dramatically increase the dose tolerance of normal tissue, expanding the scope of X-ray and particle therapies
Read article: Proton CT enables low‐dose patient alignment prior to proton therapy
Using proton CT for proton therapy planning and pre-treatment checks minimizes dose and range uncertainty
Read article: MR-guided proton therapy: a status update
Delegates at the recent ESTRO meeting heard about the latest work towards developing an MR-integrated proton therapy system
Read article: Pencil-beam protons protect memory in children with brain tumours
Plan comparison reveals that pencil-beam scanning proton therapy better preserves cognition after paediatric brain tumour treatments
Read article: Triple-Gaussian model improves proton therapy plans
Using the triple-Gaussian algorithm with a simple commercial phantom offers robust verification of intensity-modulated proton therapy
Read article: Proton therapy on an upward trajectory
The UK’s proton therapy community is at the forefront of international efforts to drive standardization and verification of new treatment facilities. Joe McEntee reports
