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University of Trento
Proton therapy’s ability to spare normal tissue generally lowers complications, making it an attractive treatment option for head and neck (HN) cancer. Yet, oral mucositis, one of the most frequent and clinically relevant toxicities, occurs in approximately 6...
Accurate prediction of beam delivery time (BDT) is essential for operational efficiency, 4D dose calculations, and advanced proton therapy techniques such as proton arc therapy. Despite its importance, no machine-specific BDT model currently exists for Mevion...
Proton therapy plans are optimized by relating the delivered dose to an equivalent photon dose using the Relative Biological Effectiveness (RBE). Clinically, a constant RBE of 1.1 is assumed, despite evidence that RBE varies along the proton beam path. Accura...