Analysis on a brand new type of radiation

The group will examine how greatest to make use of very excessive power electron irradiation

Mapping and Optimizing a New Sort of Extremely Excessive Power Electron Irradiation. A group from the Erasmus MC Most cancers Institute, TU Delft and Lausanne College Hospital is specializing in this in a brand new undertaking. The group can begin because of the award of greater than 1 million euros from the Open Expertise Program of the Netherlands Group for Scientific Analysis (NWO).

The group will examine one of the best ways to make use of very excessive power electron irradiation (VHEE), which tumor teams are only and which technical necessities apply to the radiation gear that has not but been constructed. The analysis leaders are Dr. Ir. Sebastiaan Breedveld from the Erasmus MC Most cancers Institute, Dr.

Tumor irradiation with very excessive power electrons is a brand new type of radiation remedy for most cancers sufferers. In comparison with typical radiation remedy with photons, this technique can result in a big discount in unwanted effects.

“It is because with very excessive power electrodes it’s doable to ship a excessive dose into the eardrum and simply exterior it – within the wholesome tissue – a low dose. As well as, it might be doable to irradiate tumors which might be tough to deal with therapeutically. Take into account, for instance, tumors which might be near zero,’ defined Breedveld.

Dose in a short while
As well as, with electrical energy it’s doable to ship the dose in a short while. ‘Along with considerably shortening the therapy time, this makes FLASH radiation remedy doable, which may trigger even much less harm to wholesome tissue than with an extended radiation time.’

For this undertaking, the group collaborates with the corporate Theryq and CERN. Additionally concerned are: Prof. Ben Heijmen, Prof. Raphaël Moeckli, Prof. Zoltán Perkó, Prof. Walter Wuensch, Prof. Remi Nout, Prof. Jean Bourhis, Prof. Matthias Guckenberger, Prof. Uwe Oelfke and Prof. Cohen Hurkmans.

Collaborate on versatile coronary heart ultrasound
Erasmus MC’ers Annemien van den Bosch and Rik Vos from the Cardiology division are taking part in one other undertaking that can obtain funding from the NWO Open Expertise Programme. In that undertaking, led by TU Delft, versatile, moveable ultrasound screens and associated algorithms are being developed to measure coronary heart situations.

Open expertise program
he’s Open expertise program from NWO affords funding for application-based technical-scientific analysis that’s free and unbound and never restricted by disciplinary boundaries.

Supply: Erasmus MC

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