Mimicking large spot‐scanning radiation fields for proton FLASH preclinical studies with a robotic motion platform

Abstract Previously, a synchrotron‐based horizontal proton beamline (87.2 MeV) was successfully commissioned to deliver radiation doses in FLASH and conventional dose rate modes to small fields and volumes. In this study, we developed a strategy to increase the effective radiation field size using a...

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Main Authors: Fada Guan, Dadi Jiang, Xiaochun Wang, Ming Yang, Kiminori Iga, Yuting Li, Lawrence Bronk, Julianna Bronk, Liang Wang, Youming Guo, Narayan Sahoo, David R. Grosshans, Albert C. Koong, Xiaorong R. Zhu, Radhe Mohan
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Published: Wiley 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/pro6.1243
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author Fada Guan
Dadi Jiang
Xiaochun Wang
Ming Yang
Kiminori Iga
Yuting Li
Lawrence Bronk
Julianna Bronk
Liang Wang
Youming Guo
Narayan Sahoo
David R. Grosshans
Albert C. Koong
Xiaorong R. Zhu
Radhe Mohan
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Dadi Jiang
Xiaochun Wang
Ming Yang
Kiminori Iga
Yuting Li
Lawrence Bronk
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Liang Wang
Youming Guo
Narayan Sahoo
David R. Grosshans
Albert C. Koong
Xiaorong R. Zhu
Radhe Mohan
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description Abstract Previously, a synchrotron‐based horizontal proton beamline (87.2 MeV) was successfully commissioned to deliver radiation doses in FLASH and conventional dose rate modes to small fields and volumes. In this study, we developed a strategy to increase the effective radiation field size using a custom robotic motion platform to automatically shift the positions of biological samples. The beam was first broadened with a thin tungsten scatterer and shaped by customized brass collimators for irradiating cell/organoid cultures in 96‐well plates (a 7‐mm‐diameter circle) or for irradiating mice (1‐cm2 square). Motion patterns of the robotic platform were written in G‐code, with 9‐mm spot spacing used for the 96‐well plates and 10.6‐mm spacing for the mice. The accuracy of target positioning was verified with a self‐leveling laser system. The dose delivered in the experimental conditions was validated with EBT‐XD film attached to the 96‐well plate or the back of the mouse. Our film‐measured dose profiles matched Monte Carlo calculations well (1D gamma pass rate >95% with the criteria of 2%/1 mm/2% dose threshold). The FLASH dose rates were 113.7 Gy/s for cell/organoid irradiation and 191.3 Gy/s for mouse irradiation. These promising results indicate that this robotic platform can be used to effectively increase the field size for preclinical experiments with proton FLASH.
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spellingShingle Fada Guan
Dadi Jiang
Xiaochun Wang
Ming Yang
Kiminori Iga
Yuting Li
Lawrence Bronk
Julianna Bronk
Liang Wang
Youming Guo
Narayan Sahoo
David R. Grosshans
Albert C. Koong
Xiaorong R. Zhu
Radhe Mohan
Mimicking large spot‐scanning radiation fields for proton FLASH preclinical studies with a robotic motion platform
Precision Radiation Oncology
proton therapy
ultra‐high dose rate FLASH
robotic motion technique
title Mimicking large spot‐scanning radiation fields for proton FLASH preclinical studies with a robotic motion platform
title_full Mimicking large spot‐scanning radiation fields for proton FLASH preclinical studies with a robotic motion platform
title_fullStr Mimicking large spot‐scanning radiation fields for proton FLASH preclinical studies with a robotic motion platform
title_full_unstemmed Mimicking large spot‐scanning radiation fields for proton FLASH preclinical studies with a robotic motion platform
title_short Mimicking large spot‐scanning radiation fields for proton FLASH preclinical studies with a robotic motion platform
title_sort mimicking large spot scanning radiation fields for proton flash preclinical studies with a robotic motion platform
topic proton therapy
ultra‐high dose rate FLASH
robotic motion technique
url https://doi.org/10.1002/pro6.1243
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