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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2025

The research beamlines at the Dresden proton therapy facility: available infrastructure and experimental capabilities.

Felix Horst, Elisabeth Bodenstein, Michael Baumann, Elke Beyreuther, Jozef Bokor, Wolfgang Enghardt, Sebastian Gantz, Martin Hejzlar, Fritz Kurth, Markus Meyer and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Felix Horst *Institute of Radiooncology - OncoRay, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.
Elisabeth Bodenstein *Institute of Radiooncology - OncoRay, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.
Michael BaumannOncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden and Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.
Elke BeyreutherOncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden and Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.
Jozef BokorIon Beam Applications (IBA), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Wolfgang EnghardtOncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden and Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.
Sebastian GantzOncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden and Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.
Martin HejzlarIon Beam Applications (IBA), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Fritz KurthIon Beam Applications (IBA), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Markus MeyerCentral Department of Research Technology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.
Stefan PieckInstitute of Radiooncology - OncoRay, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.
Christian RichterInstitute of Radiooncology - OncoRay, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.
Jörg PawelkeInstitute of Radiooncology - OncoRay, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The proton therapy facility in Dresden, Germany, has one treatment room equipped with a rotating gantry where patients are treated and an experimental room equipped with two horizontal beamlines for translational research. The present work describes the technical characteristics and provides measured beam data of these two complementary beamlines, one delivering scanned beams with quasi-clinical parameters and the other one stationary continuous and pulsed pencil beams with parameters exceeding the clinically used range. Features of the facility are the large scale of the experimental room enabling the development and installation of large devices and the parallel beam operation with the clinical room allowing irradiation experiments on weekdays and during daytime. An overview of past and ongoing physics and biology experiments performed at the facility by internal and external researchers from academia and industry is given, demonstrating its versatile experimental capabilities. This includes the development of novel proton therapy approaches and technology as well as elaborate

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beamlineexperimental roomproton beamproton therapytranslational research

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PMID40538840
PMCPMC12176844

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