ESTRO PT 2018

Image guidance in PT

• Particle therapy is lacking proper IGRT (mostly orth. X-rays)

• Only some recent facilities have X-ray CBCT

• Proton RT is clearly indicated for pediatric patients – can we justify the additional imaging dose ?

CT on rails at PSI, Dresden, Trento; Novel DECT system at MedAustron; Robotic C-arm at HIT

Oliver Jäkel

Medical Physics

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