Beamline innovation could enable proton therapy treatment within a breath (IMAGE)
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In the eye treatment beamline, OPTIS2, using momentum cooling Vivek Maradia (left), Serena Psoroulas (right) and colleagues could increase transmission by a factor of two. “It sounds like a small change, but the patients need to keep their eyes open without blinking for that time. So, for them, a factor of two is important,” says Psoroulas.
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(Photo: Paul Scherrer Institute / Markus Fischer)
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