A novel therapeutic beam shaping device to advance Magnetic Resonance Image guided cancer radiotherapy

下一代癌症放射治疗系统将使患者在放射治疗期间能够获得非常高质量的成像。一个挑战是，目前的设备必须重新设计，才能在成像系统的磁场中工作。这项研究将开发一种兼容的系统，用于整形针对肿瘤的辐射束。这将使这项新技术的潜力得以实现--在减少对正常组织的剂量的同时，准确地对肿瘤进行成像和靶向。

The next generation of cancer radiotherapy systems will enable very high quality imaging of patients during radiation treatment. A challenge is that current equipment must be redesigned to work in the magnetic field of the imaging system. This research will develop a compatible system for shaping the radiation beam to target the tumour. This will allow the potential of the new technology to be realised – imaging and targeting the tumour accurately while reducing dose to normal tissues.