Proton Therapy Dose Characterization and Verification.

摘要

This report describes the first year of work on the award ???Neurocognitive Effects of Radiotherapy. The first year's effort has been in two areas: (1) to get an approved protocol that will be used to study patients via MRI and neurocognitive testing, and (2) to develop immobilization equipment that enables us to deliver base-of-skull treatments more optimally. The study has gotten IRB approval at Penn and recently a DOD approval. A component (10%) of this award supports the work done by the Walter Reed Army Medical Center scientists.