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Small laboratory animals are invaluable in pre-clinical studies. For radiation therapy, the significant technological disparity between methods used for human treatment and those for laboratory animal irradiation brings into question the effectiveness of the latter to represent the clinical environment. In an effort to bridge the gap, we have constructed a small animal radiation research platform (SARRP) with the capabilities of a modern human machine. The SARRP is equipped with on-board cone-beam CT (CBCT) to guide focal irradiation.
Supported in part by the NCI Bioengineering Research Partnership grant R01 CA 108449.
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Wong, J.W. (2009). New Frontiers in Pre-clinical Small Animal Radiation Research. In: Dössel, O., Schlegel, W.C. (eds) World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, Germany. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 25/13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03895-2_12
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