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Patient motion can degrade dose distribution in proton minibeam therapy

Researchers at Institut Curie developed a 4D dose calculation framework to quantify how organ motion affects proton minibeam radiotherapy, finding that breathing movements significantly reduce the technique's protective peak-to-valley dose ratio.

Dose calculations reveal how patient motion impacts proton minibeam therapy
Patient motion can degrade dose distribution in proton minibeam therapy
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Researchers at Institut Curie developed a 4D dose calculation framework to quantify how organ motion affects proton minibeam radiotherapy, finding that breathing movements significantly reduce the technique's protective peak-to-valley dose ratio.