introduction: the selection of suitable beam angles and weights in external-beam radiotherapy is at present generally based upon the experience of the planner. therefore, automated selection of beam angles and weights in forward-planned radiotherapy will be beneficial. material and methods: in this work, an efficient method is presented within the matlab environment to investigate how to improv...

Background The National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science Technology–National Institute of Sciences (QST–NIRS) has continuously investigated the undesired radiation exposure in ion beam radiotherapy mainly carbon-ion (CIRT). This review introduces our investigations on secondary neutron dose CIRT with broad scanning methods. Materials Methods ambient equivalents are evaluated ...

BACKGROUND Men treated for clinically localized prostate cancer with either radical prostatectomy or external beam radiotherapy usually survive many years with the side effects of these treatments. We present treatment-specific quality-of-life outcomes for prostate cancer patients 5 years after initial diagnosis. METHODS The cohort consisted of men aged 55-74 years who were newly diagnosed wi...

A scanning control system of the ion beam MeV energies has been developed for nuclear microprobe and proton-beam writing channel as a part accelerator-analytical complex based on Sokol electrostatic accelerator Institute Applied Physics National Academy Sciences Ukraine. The was put into operation to replace obsolete one microcontrollers. is Instruments reconfigurable module with Field Programm...

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By interfering two small diameter Gaussian laser beams, scanning beam interference lithography ~SBIL! is capable of patterning linear gratings and grids in resist while controlling their spatial phase distortions to the nanometer level. Our tool has a patterning area that is up to 300 mm in diameter. The motive for developing SBIL is to provide the semiconductor industry with a set of absolute ...

We are in a golden age of progress the field artificial intelligence (AI). Radiotherapy is perfectly suited to benefit from AI enhance accuracy and efficiency due its technology-intensive nature direct human–machine interactions. While large amount research have recently been published photon therapy, applications specifically targeted for particle therapy remain scarcely investigated. There tw...

Purpose: Fiber carbon is the most common material used in treating couch as it causes less beam attenuation than other materials. Beam attenuation replaces build-up region, reduces skin-sparing effect and causes target volume under dosage. In this study, we aimed to evaluate beam attenuation and variation of build-up region in 550 TxT radiotherapy couch.Materials and Methods: In this study, we ...