MAESTRO: Methods and advanced equipment for simulation and treatment in radio-oncology

Jean Barthe (1) , Régis Hugon (1) , Jean-Philippe Nicolaï (1)

1 LM2S - Laboratoire Modélisation et Simulation de Systèmes

The integrated project MAESTRO (Methods and Advanced Equipment for Simulation and Treatment in Radio-Oncology) under contract with the European Commission in life sciences FP6 (LSHC-CT-2004-503564), concerns innovative research to develop and validate in clinical conditions, advanced methods and equipment needed in cancer treatment for new modalities in high-conformal external radiotherapy using electrons, photons and protons beams of high energy.

Keywords: photon beam; proton beam; Radiation therapy; Treatment Planning Software; X-ray imaging; medical imaging; X-rays; electron beam; Dose measurement; dosimetry; ionizing radiation; radiotherapy

Domains: Physics [physics]; Physics [physics]; Medical Physics [physics.med-ph]; Physics [physics]; Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Cancer

Jean Barthe, Régis Hugon, Jean-Philippe Nicolaï. MAESTRO: Methods and advanced equipment for simulation and treatment in radio-oncology. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2007, 583 (1), pp.1-8. ⟨10.1016/j.nima.2007.08.183⟩. ⟨cea-02571487⟩