Article: Studies from B.W. Raaymakers et al have provided new data on biophysics.

"At the UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands, we have constructed a prototype MRI accelerator. The prototype is amodified 6 MVElekta (Crawley, UK) accelerator next to a modified 1.5 T Philips Achieva ( Best, The Netherlands) MRI system," researchers in Netherlands report.

"From the initial design onwards, modifications to both systems were aimed to yield simultaneous and unhampered operation of the MRI and the accelerator. Indeed, the simultaneous operation is shown by performing diagnostic quality 1.5 T MRI with the radiation beam on. No degradation of the performance of either system was found. The integrated 1.5 T MRI system and radiotherapy accelerator allow ...

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