Xstrahl announced today the opening of a new office and facility in central Germany to help support its current European install base, and work with local governments and facilities to help ensure radiotherapy treatment is available to everyone who needs it. “As...
The aim of this study was to investigate a single crystal diamond detector, the microDiamond detector from PTW (PTW-Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany), concerning the particular requirements in the set-up and energy range used in small animal radiotherapy (RT) research...
Purpose The precise dosimetric and geometric characteristics of small animal irradiators are essential to achieving reproducible dose delivery, especially in cases where image‐guidance is utilized. Currently, radiochromic film is the established measurement tool used...
The goal of this work was to establish imaging dose to mouse organs with a validated Monte Carlo (MC) model of the image-guided Small Animal Radiation Research Platform (SARRP) and to investigate the effect of scatter from the internal walls on animal therapy dose...
Radiation therapy plays a crucial role in the management of breast cancer. However, current standards of care have yet to accommodate patient-specific radiation sensitivity. Raman spectroscopy is promising for applications in radiobiological studies and as a technique...
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in females within the UK, accounting for almost a third (31%) of all female cases (2015)[1]. It is no wonder that scientists are constantly looking for new innovative and more effective ways of treating this disease, trying to...
Summer, has at last come and we are all looking forward to spending more time outdoors, lying on the beach, soaking in the sunshine, and getting a beautiful tan. Nothing can compare with these summer sunny pleasures! What about a proper protection from the other, ugly...
"The demand for orthovoltage therapy today exceeds the supply," so think the radiologists at the Mariinsky Hospital in St. Petersburg. The X-ray room has been functioning in the Mariinsky Hospital since 1952 and was first equipped with Russian X-ray therapies. In...
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a hyper vascular malignant tumour with a poor prognosis. Despite the availability of current chemotherapy and targeted therapies in GBM, not many therapeutic benefits have been achieved due to GBM developing drug resistance. Most therapies have...
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