MIT researchers say they found a way to enable faster, higher-resolution bioimaging compared to existing technology.

One of the great modern accomplishments of medical science is that cancer patients are living longer than ever before. This is largely attributed to the improved ability to fight cancer with improved ...

Measurement set-up showing the 2D array ion chamber detector on top of the motion platform. (Courtesy: Eunsin Lee) Intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) delivered via proton pencil-beam scanning ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pencil beam scanning proton therapy consistently delivered the lowest amount of radiation to the hippocampus and ...

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 ...

The nation's first and only proton therapy center to treat patients exclusively with pencil-beam scanning is reporting exceptional results in delivering cancer treatment since opening for patient care ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2022.200050 overviews pencil-beam scanning catheter for intracoronary optical coherence tomography. Cardiovascular disease is one of ...

In early February, Fred Hutch began treating patients with ocular melanoma who've been recommended for proton therapy with a sophisticated new technique known as “pencil beam scanning” or PBS. Medical ...

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma treated with immunotherapy: A real-world retrospective study.

A comparison of three types of radiotherapy for children's brain tumors suggests that a type of proton therapy called pencil beam scanning offers the best hope of preserving cognitive functions. The ...