Next Generation Proton X-ray Machine Needs $$$

DOE Lawrence Livermore National Labs & UC Davis have developed a new way to deliver Proton x-rays. This system could help treat many cancer victims because of the potential for significantly lower costs. There is also a chance to treat more challenging cancers. Here is text with a pix of the proton accelerator.

Current machine are the size of football fields because of the 100 ton magnets necessary to bend the charged particle (proton rays).

This system needs funding NOW!!! It is currently being developed by a private company that is a spin off of the Tomotherapy x-ray IGIMRT (Image-Guided Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy) manufacturers. They use conformal beam radiation in their HI-ART technology.

Proton therapy is better then IGIMRT because it sends the charged particles to the targeted tumor, not to the entrance skin and all the way through the other side of the body.