Photon Counting CT For Ultra Low-Dose Lung Cancer Screening: A Phantom Study

<b>Objective</b>: The two-fold aim of this phantom study was first to evaluate the accuracy of pulmonary nodule detection for lung cancer screening at progressively lower dose levels of photon-counting computed tomography (PC-CT) and, second, to objectively compare the image quality across different acquisition and reconstruction settings,...

FLASH optimisation in clinical IMPT treatment planning: optimisation and evaluation of stereotactic lung treatment plans with proton transmission beams

Radiotherapy (RT) is an important modality in treatment against cancer. Developments in this modality are necessary for improvement of patient complications and survival. Aside from fractionation and precise irradiation, FLASH radiotherapy could be a third way to significantly increase the therapeutic window of radiotherapy.The FLASH effect is a...

Personalising patient education for lung cancer patients

Personalising patient education is an important aspect that is needed for patients to become active in decision making and their treatment. Standardised methods are not enough and personalisation can make an improvement in healthcare by focussing more on the patient. This report focusses on patient education at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital...