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Particle therapy

Can pencil-beam scanning enable gantry-free proton therapy?

11 Feb 2022
Gantry-less proton therapy
Compact treatment room: model of a gantry-less proton therapy system, with a patient positioning chair and imaging system at the centre. (Courtesy: Fernando Hueso-González)
The ability to deliver proton therapy without the use of a gantry could help it become a more afford

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