'FLASH' Ultra-High-Dose Rate Radiation Therapy Beam (IMAGE)

Dartmouth Health

'FLASH' Ultra-High-Dose Rate Radiation Therapy Beam

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The exceptionally high dose rate of the FLASH Beam is 3,000 times higher than normal therapy treatment (300 Gray per second vs. 0.1 Gray per second, Gray being a standard unit measuring absorbed radiation). Instead of treatment over 20 seconds, an entire treatment is completed in 6 milliseconds, giving the therapy its nickname, "FLASH."

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Brian Pogue, PhD

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