Traceable dosimetry for FLASH radiotherapy
Public support
Provider
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Programme
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Call for proposals
EPM Call 2024
Main participants
Český metrologický institut
Contest type
RP - Co-financing of EC programme
Contract ID
-
Alternative language
Project name in Czech
Traceable dosimetry for FLASH radiotherapy
Annotation in Czech
FLASH radiotherapy performed with ultra high dose rates (UHDR) or ultra high dose per pulse (UHDPP) beams has the potential to significantly reduce the side effects experienced by cancer patients, and to improve their quality of life. At present, new UHDPP electron and UHDR proton beam facilities are being installed or being upgraded to prepare for clinical FLASH radiotherapy. However, future widespread clinical introduction of FLASH radiotherapy requires reliable methods for traceable dosimetry under reference conditions (reference dosimetry). Further to this, development of Codes of Practice (CoP) for reference dosimetry in FLASH radiotherapy facilities is hampered by the lack of suited primary standards, characterised secondary standards, and solid methodology. This project will address these issues by developing traceable dosimetry, including upgraded primary and characterised secondary standards, to support the development of reference dosimetry CoPs required by UHDPP electron and UHDR proton beam facilities.
Scientific branches
R&D category
AP - Applied research
OECD FORD - main branch
30224 - Radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging
OECD FORD - secondary branch
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OECD FORD - another secondary branch
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CEP - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)
FP - Other medical fields
Solution timeline
Realization period - beginning
Jun 1, 2025
Realization period - end
May 31, 2028
Project status
Z - Beginning multi-year project
Latest support payment
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Data delivery to CEP
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data delivery code
CEP25-MSM-9B-R
Data delivery date
Sep 18, 2025
Finance
Total approved costs
3,390 thou. CZK
Public financial support
1,695 thou. CZK
Other public sources
0 thou. CZK
Non public and foreign sources
0 thou. CZK