2 papers
physics.med-ph2025
Back with Weight: Revisiting Very Heavy Ions for Precision Radiotherapy
Jeannette Jansen, Olga Sokol, Yolanda Prezado +1
Accelerated charged particles offer significant physical advantages over X-rays in radiotherapy. In addition to their superior depth-dose distribution, heavy ions provide notable b…
physics.med-ph2024★ 16 cited
First image-guided treatment of a mouse tumor with radioactive ion beams
Daria Boscolo, Giulio Lovatti, Olga Sokol +16
Radioactive ion beams (RIB) are a key focus of current research in nuclear physics. Already long ago it was proposed that they could have applications in cancer therapy. In fact, w…