2022
Roadmap: helium ion therapy
Mairani A, Mein S, Blakely E, Debus J, Durante M, Ferrari A, Fuchs H, Georg D, Grosshans DR, Guan F, Haberer T, Harrabi S, Horst F, Inaniwa T, Karger CP, Mohan R, Paganetti H, Parodi K, Sala P, Schuy C, Tessonnier T, Titt U, Weber U. Roadmap: helium ion therapy. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2022, 67: 15tr02. PMID: 35395649, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac65d3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHelium ion beamHeavy ion therapyIon beam therapyHelium ionsIon beamIon therapyRelative biological effectivenessHeavy ion beamsLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryCarbon ion beamsHelium ion therapyDifferent particle speciesBerkeley National LaboratoryClinical proton beamsCarbon ion therapyLinear energy transferHigh relative biological effectivenessSharp lateral penumbraHigh penetration depthLateral scatteringNeon ionsBeam therapyProton beamParticle speciesTerms of physics
2018
Investigation of the dose perturbation effect for therapeutic beams with the presence of a 1.5 T transverse magnetic field in magnetic resonance imaging-guided radiotherapy.
Shao W, Tang X, Bai Y, Shu D, Geng C, Gong C, Guan F. Investigation of the dose perturbation effect for therapeutic beams with the presence of a 1.5 T transverse magnetic field in magnetic resonance imaging-guided radiotherapy. Journal Of Cancer Research And Therapeutics 2018, 14: 184-195. PMID: 29516984, DOI: 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_1349_16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT transverse magnetic fieldBeam energyCarbon ion beamsTherapeutic beamTransverse magnetic fieldMagnetic fieldDose perturbationsDose perturbation effectsIon beamMagnetic resonance imaging-guided radiotherapyHigher beam energiesUniform magnetic fieldWater-air interfaceAir-tissue interfacePhoton beamsRadiation fieldPerturbation effectsBragg peakProper energyBeamBeam typeDose distributionEnergyProtonsRadiotherapy methods