Physics Bucharest 2017

Comparison of dose distributions

Photons (7 fields)

Protons (2 scattered beams)

D [Gy]

Glioblastoma in 17-year old patient, prescribed dose 60 Gy Advantage Protons: no low-dose bath to entire brain

Courtesy: D. Kunath

Menkel, MTRA-Workshop Dresden 02-2015, Protonentherapie