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7 January 2019
Our researcher Jamie McClelland is funded by Cancer Research UK to turn radiotherapy into a highly accurate, tumour obliterating tool.
The location of tumours and organs within the body changes even when a patient is lying still, for instance a tumour in the lung will move up and down as a person breathes, making aiming at it with absolute accuracy a challenge.聽
Jamie uses complex calculations and computer algorithms which聽combine radiotherapy with MRI scans. This real-time imaging allows for constant monitoring of the patient and will enable micro-precise targeting of the tumour, helping to avoid hitting healthy tissue instead 鈥� even when there鈥檚 movement.聽
Jamie does this using a new radiotherapy machine, the MR-Linac, which has the potential to revolutionise radiotherapy treatment. The MR-Linac combines two technologies, an MRI scanner and a linear accelerator, to precisely locate tumours and accurately deliver doses of radiation.聽香港六合彩中特网, in collaboration with the聽聽and the聽聽in Manchester, is using information from the MR-Linac that estimates the 3D motion of organs to adapt and guide safe radiotherapy treatment delivery.聽Jamie works within聽香港六合彩中特网 Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering聽and the聽听(颁惭滨颁).
Find out more about Jamie鈥檚 research during tonight鈥檚 live聽.