The use of synchrotron X-ray sources provides innovative approaches in radiation therapy.
The unique possibility to generate quasi-parallel beams promoted the development of
microbeam radiation therapy (MRT), an innovative approach able to reduce damages to
normal tissues while delivering considerable doses in the lesion. Accurate dosimetry in
broad-beam configuration (prior to the spatial fractionation of the incident X-ray fan) is very
challenging at ultra-high dose rate synchrotron sources. The available reference dosimetry …