Read article: Getting to grips with MR image distortion
Quality-assurance specialist CIRS is helping medical physicists to evaluate – and minimize – the impacts of MR image distortion in radiotherapy treatment planning
Read article: PHASER linac will translate FLASH radiotherapy to the clinic
The PHASER system will enable near-instantaneous delivery of highly conformal image-guided radiotherapy
Read article: Stereotactic QA: saving time, delivering outcomes
Sun Nuclear Corporation is helping radiation oncology clinics to address the complex quality assurance challenges associated with stereotactic procedures
Read article: Fast-switched dual-energy fluoroscopy tracks tumours during radiotherapy
Fast-kV switching dual-energy fluoroscopy can improve the accuracy of markerless tumour tracking during lung radiotherapy
Read article: New research centre will study connection between radiation and immunotherapies
Penn researchers receive a $12 million grant to establish a new centre to investigate next-generation cancer treatments
Read article: Particle telescope technology could help improve radiotherapy
A particle telescope designed to analyse charged particles in space could also be used to measure dose delivered during radiation therapy
Read article: Assessing tumour hypoxia could personalize lung cancer treatments
Pre-treatment PET could help design stereotactic body radiotherapy plans that account for tumour hypoxia
Read article: Innovation: patent applications review
A round-up of some recent international patent applications in radiation therapy
Read article: The MR-linac: initial clinical experience
Uwe Oelfke from The Royal Marsden/ICR discusses the first MR-linac treatments and the benefits that MRI guidance brings to radiotherapy
Read article: Boron neutron capture therapy progresses towards clinical cancer treatments
Accelerator-based neutron sources could bring the cancer treatment boron neutron capture therapy into routine clinical use
