A Computerised Treatment Planning System for Synchrotron Radiotherapy Trials at the Australian Synchrotron’s Imaging & Medical Beamline.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1061772

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Microbeam Radiotherapy (MRT) using synchrotron-generated X-rays has shown tremendous promise in pre-clinical trials in tumour-bearing rodents, with remarkable sparing of normal tissue. Synchrotron MRT has the potential to radically alter the way radiotherapy is performed for human cancers. Every radiotherapy patient undergoes some form of computerised treatment planning before their treatment starts. We aim to test and implement a synchrotron Treatment Planning System, as an essential step in realising synchrotron radiotherapy trials.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $646,812.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Radiation Therapy

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cancer | dosimetry | medical physics | radiation biology | radiation therapy | treatment planning

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