A Computerised Treatment Planning System for Synchrotron Radiotherapy Trials at the Australian Synchrotron’s Imaging & Medical Beamline.

使用同步加速器产生的X射线的微束放射治疗（MRT）在荷瘤啮齿动物的临床前试验中显示出巨大的前景，并显著保留了正常组织。同步辐射MRT有可能从根本上改变人类癌症的放射治疗方式。每个放射治疗患者在治疗开始前都要接受某种形式的计算机化治疗计划。我们的目标是测试和实施同步辐射治疗计划系统，作为实现同步辐射治疗试验的重要步骤。

Microbeam Radiotherapy (MRT) using synchrotron-generated X-rays has shown tremendous promise in pre-clinical trials in tumour-bearing rodents, with remarkable sparing of normal tissue. Synchrotron MRT has the potential to radically alter the way radiotherapy is performed for human cancers. Every radiotherapy patient undergoes some form of computerised treatment planning before their treatment starts. We aim to test and implement a synchrotron Treatment Planning System, as an essential step in realising synchrotron radiotherapy trials.