NPL PPRIG Proton Therapy Physics Workshop 2023
9 – 10 November 2023
The Proton Physics Research and Implementation Group (PPRIG) held the sixth PPRIG workshop at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 November 2023. The workshop was an opportunity to discuss the developments that have taken place over the past 4 years and to reenergise PPRIG and its future direction. The two-day event included invited speakers, debates, discussions, conference talks and poster sessions.
Talks Day 1
Session 1: UK NHS Facilities update
- An update of the ocular proton therapy service at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
- Proton treatment and experimental research at the Christie
Session 2: Mathematics in Radiation
- Evaluation of the Varian AcurosPT Monte-Carlo dose calculation algorithm
- Model for out-of-field doses in proton beam therapy for paediatric adnominal neuroblastoma
- Primal-Dual, a novel approach to optimisation in treatment planning
Session 3: Radiobiology 1
- Are DNA repair defects an indication for proton or heavy ion therapy
- Simulating dose to circulating immune cells. How much does the integral dose matter
- DNA damage models of different complexity levels
Session 4: Radiobiology 2
Session 5: Dosimetry and Detectors
- Calculation of beam quality correction factors for particle beams using Gate Geant4
- Consistency of Faraday cup and ionisation chamber dosimetry of proton fields
Session 6: Imaging
- Acquistion of integrated-mode proton radiographs in clinical beam lines
- The potential role of dual-energy CT within The Christie proton beam therapy service
Talks Day 2
Session 7: Clinical Trials QA
- Characterisation of 3D-printable thermoplastics for proton therapy
- Clinical Implementation of PBT though UK Clincal Trials
- Optimization of QA procedures for scanned proton beams
Session 8: Proton therapy in the clinic
- Interactive Dose Modification - a novel approach to proton therapy treatment planning
- Theoretical evaluation of a Sawtooth PAT planning algorithm across multiple treatment sites