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Particle therapy

Particle therapy

PET/CT scans verify dose delivered during carbon-ion therapy

10 May 2021
PET/CT scanner
Following carbon-ion irradiation of virtual targets, the researchers scanned the head phantom in a PET/CT system. (CC BY 4.0/Front. Oncol. 10.3389/fonc.2021.621394)
Carbon-ion therapy is a promising radiotherapy technique that could enable dose escalation in tumour

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Cynthia E Keen is a freelance journalist specializing in medicine and healthcare-related innovations
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