Electron therapy or electron beam therapy (EBT) is a kind of external beam radiotherapy where electrons are directed to a tumor site for medical treatment...
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tissues. Particle therapy is also referred to more technically as hadron therapy, excluding photon and electron therapy. Neutron capture therapy, which depends...
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the X-rays. The electron beam current required to produce the X-rays is about 100 times greater than that used for electron therapy. The patient is placed...
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panels, electron microscopes, radiation therapy, lasers, gaseous ionization detectors, and particle accelerators. Interactions involving electrons with other...
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radiation therapy (radiotherapy) intraoperative radiation therapy by EMR particles: particle therapy proton therapy electron therapy intraoperative electron radiation...
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Intraoperative electron radiation therapy is the application of electron radiation directly to the residual tumor or tumor bed during cancer surgery. Electron beams...
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External beam radiotherapy (redirect from Tele-therapy)
radiosurgery Intraoperative electron radiation therapy Intraoperative radiation therapy Neutron capture therapy of cancer Radiation therapy Tomotherapy Hill, R...
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induction therapy intraoperative electron radiation therapy intraoperative radiation therapy intravenous immunoglobulin therapy intravenous therapy inversion...
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Sézary disease (redirect from Total skin electron radiation)
problematic. A number of types of radiation therapy may be used including total skin electron therapy. While this therapy does not generally result in systemic...
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Pencil (optics) (category Radiation therapy)
electron optics, scanning electron microscopes use narrow pencil beams to achieve a deep depth of field. Ionizing radiation used in radiation therapy...
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Auger therapy is a form of radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer which relies on low-energy electrons (emitted by the Auger effect) to damage...
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Collimator (section In radiation therapy)
positioned after either a flattening filter (for photon therapy) or a scattering foil (for electron therapy). The secondary collimator consists of two jaws which...
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Linear particle accelerator (redirect from Linear electron accelerator)
applications: they generate X-rays and high energy electrons for medicinal purposes in radiation therapy, serve as particle injectors for higher-energy accelerators...
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Particle accelerator (redirect from Electron accelerator)
accelerators are used in a wide variety of applications, including particle therapy for oncological purposes, radioisotope production for medical diagnostics...
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auger electrons), and to some extent in Radiation Oncology (external electron therapy and recent emerging modalities for external proton therapy). Nuclear...
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Auger effect (redirect from Auger electrons)
conversion effect. Auger therapy Charge carrier generation and recombination Characteristic X-ray Coster–Kronig transition Electron capture Radiative Auger...
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Superficial X-rays (category Radiation therapy)
5 mm. In some locations, orthovoltage treatment is being replaced by electron therapy or brachytherapy. As well as teletherapy, X-rays in this energy range...
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a form of phototherapy involving light and a photosensitizing chemical substance used in conjunction with molecular oxygen...
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Compton scattering (redirect from Compton electron)
charged particle, usually an electron. Specifically, when the photon hits electrons, it releases loosely bound electrons from the outer valence shells...
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Phage therapy, viral phage therapy, or phagotherapy is the therapeutic use of bacteriophages for the treatment of pathogenic bacterial infections. This...
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Radiation therapy or radiotherapy (RT, RTx, or XRT) is a treatment using ionizing radiation, generally provided as part of cancer therapy to either kill...
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mustard) Phototherapy (broad and narrow band UVB or PUVA) Electron therapy Conventional radiation therapy Photopheresis Interferons Alemtuzumab (Campath-1H)...
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Redox (redirect from One-electron reduction)
change. Oxidation is the loss of electrons or an increase in the oxidation state, while reduction is the gain of electrons or a decrease in the oxidation...
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therapy of cancer. The system supports several treatment techniques, including: 3D-CRT Electron therapy IMRT Helical Tomotherapy VMAT Proton therapy Carbon-ion...
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Low-level laser therapy (LLLT), cold laser therapy, photobiomodulation (PBM) or red light therapy is a form of medicine that applies low-level (low-power)...
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Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) is radiation therapy that is administered during surgery directly in the operating room (hence intraoperative)...
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with higher energy, typically given in MeV (mega electron volts). Accelerators used for proton therapy typically produce protons with energies of 70 to...
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Particle beam (section Particle therapy)
called electron gun. This is also part of traditional television and computer screens. Photocathodes may also be built in as a part of an electron gun,...
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include betatron and free-electron light sources for diagnostics or radiation therapy and proton sources for hadron therapy. The basic concepts of plasma...
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Massachusetts, Thermo Fisher was formed through the merger of Thermo Electron and Fisher Scientific in 2006. Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired other...
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