Introducing the concept of spiral microbeam radiation therapy (spiralMRT).

Conclusions
 
 SpiralMRT is a promising approach to delivering homogeneous dose distributions with spatially fractionated entrance beams, possibly decreasing normal tissue side effects in hypofractionated RT.
PMID: 30650386 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Physics in Medicine and Biology - January 16, 2019 Category: Physics Authors: Donzelli M, Oelfke U, Brauer-Krisch E Tags: Phys Med Biol Source Type: research