Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have investigated the feasibility of using pencil-beam scanning (PBS) with robotic positioning and immobilization devices to ... Proton therapy, an ...

At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, we want to make it as easy as possible for you to get proton radiation therapy ... during your upcoming proton therapy. To help with positioning, they may use special ...

Optical imaging cannot penetrate clothing or thermoplastic immobilization devices, while CT and fluoroscopy expose ... be implemented as a continuous patient motion monitor during radiation therapy,” ...

That’s why we use proton therapy, the most advanced method to deliver radiation treatments to ... the simulation team will make an immobilization device for you. If needed, a mask for your ...