Anna Zhai, MS

While 30% of lung cancer patients cannot tolerate breath-hold, free-breathing(FB) proton pencil-beam-scanning(PBS) deliveries compromise target coverage from the interplay effects of large motion. This study presents a novel FB-gated spirometer-based respirat...

Ultra-high-dose-rate (UHDR) proton irradiation may spare normal tissue (FLASH effect), but PBS proton dose rate is limited by machine constraints (minimum MU/spot and dwell time). Intra-field interruptions can leave sub-threshold MU for remaining delivery, de...