24th Australian Institute of Physics Congress

A Systematic Review of the Proton and Carbon FLASH Effect

15 Dec 2022, 14:30

15m

Room E2 (Adelaide Convention Centre)

Talk (preferred) AIP: Biomedical and Medical Physics AIP: Biomedical and Medical Physics

Speaker

Jake Atkinson (University of South Australia)

Description

FLASH is an emerging radiotherapy modality that enhances normal tissue sparing whilst maintaining tumour kill efficacy. This talk will summarise recent preclinical proton- and carbon-FLASH literature, and the predicted radiobiological mechanisms responsible for the 'FLASH effect' phenomenon.

Presentation materials

1430 Thu E2 Atkinson.pdf

AIP Congress Conference Abstract Submission Final.docx