[Technical aspects of protontherapy: Setup, equipment and radioprotection].
The number of protontherapy facilities is still increasing rapidly with more than 30 ongoing projects and close to 60 currently under operation. Although the technology is now validated and robust, a proton facility cannot be considered as a standard radiation therapy equipment: its constraints in terms of building, services, project management are of paramount impact at the level of the hospital. Therefore, a protontherapy project must be carefully considered and prepared, which is mandatory for further fluid and efficient clinical operation.
Département d'ingénierie et de physique médicale, institut universitaire du cancer Toulouse-Oncopôle, 1, avenue Irène-Joliot-Curie, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9, France. Electronic address: ferrand.regis@iuct-oncopole.fr.
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D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D010315:Particle Accelerators; D061766:Proton Therapy; D011835:Radiation Protection
Accelerator technology; Acceptance; Accélérateurs; Management de projet; Project management; Projet; Proton therapy; Protonthérapie; Radiation protection; Radioprotection