Glossary
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BNCT now clinically convenient with SUMITOMO's cyclotron
Clinical trials show important patient benefits
BNCT: Boron Neutron Capture Therapy – boron reacts with thermal neutrons. The NeuCure BNCT-system by SHI has approval as medical device in Japan after several years of clinical trials. It is the only clinically operational commercial BNCT system today.
Bragg Peak: Dose peak at the end of the range of the charged particle beam. Used to optimize dose distribution of proton and light ion beams. More about Bragg Peak.
Cyclotron: Isochronous cyclotrons are designed to emit a steady particle beam with high energy and high current.
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Dose distribution
Only beams hitting the target are effective
ESS: Energy Selection System, also known as the Degrader, comprises of energy degrader and beam purification bend before the nozzle, which determines the energy i.e. depth of the Bragg Peak.
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Fast pencil beam scanning
Accurate fast dose delivery from all angels
Gantry: Structure to rotate a beamline to allow ideally 360 degrees of treatment angles. The Gantry holds bending magnets and nozzle to deliver radiation precisely.
IMT: Integrated Medical Technologies Inc. makes good phantoms and QA tools. See Standard Imaging.
LIONESS: Light Ion Energy Selection System – Energy selection system for charged particles from a cyclotron which adjusts range of different light ion beams’ Bragg Peak.
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See what you treat
Dose Escalation is possible and safe when visibility is really good
Light Ions: In particle therapy.
MeV: Kinetic energy measured in MegaelectronVolts.
MR-Linac: Combining 8 FPS MR cine during treatments with sharp radiation beams, the MRIdian Linac from ViewRay is used to treat moving targets in critical locations with high doses.
NEUCURE: First and only commercially available (in Japan) clinical BNCT product consist of a cyclotron accelerator and beryllium target from Sumitomo, boron compound for injection by Stella Pharma, and RayStation TPS from Raysearch.
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Maximize dose to target, minmimize dose to surrounding healthy tissue
Greater precision leads to better cures and fewer complications
OAR: Organs At Risk – Avoidance structures in treatment planning.
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Different radiation
Alpha, Gamma, X-rays/photons, neutrons, protons, helium
Photons/X-Rays, are used in conventional radiotherapy with linear accelerators.
Protons, Proton Therapy is a specialized sub-discipline of radiation therapy and radiosurgery, offering the dosimetric advantages of the Bragg Peak.
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Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Missing the target is not an option. Doublecheck!
QA and QC: Rigorous Quality Assurance and Quality Control are key to accurate and safe delivery of tumoricidal radiation doses. The phantoms from IMTQA do a great job as pseudo patients for end to end verification of dose deliveries.
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Singularily superior superconducting systems
SUMITOMO also makes the cryocoolers for major medical magnets
SOBP: Spread Out Bragg Peak achieved by superposition of proton beams with varying energy.
SRS: Stereotactic radiosurgery of the brain, head and neck. High precision, high dose, single fraction or few fractions.
Superconducting: Superconducting magnets are cooled with Sumitomo cryocoolers. Most MRi’s and superconducting accelerators use SHI cryocoolers.
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Short but loaded
3 letters with meaning
TSL – The Svedberg Laboratory: Research particle accelerator at Uppsala University 1951-2016. The first animal experiments with stereotactic radiosurgery, and the first human cancer treatments with proton therapy were performed at the Svedberg Laboratory using the Gustav Werner cyclotron in 1957.
TLA – Three Letter Acronym: TSL, SRS, ESS, MRL, PSI, TPS, ZAP, SHI, OIS, OAR, MeV,MRI, PET, CIA, FBI, FAQ. LMT (Lioness Medtech), TSS.
TSS – Training Support Specialists: Clinical and technical specialist training ensures smooth and efficient ramp-up and operations of your new precision radiation technology.