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The epithermal beam at the Petten BNCT facility has now been used for the treatment of 10 human patients. One consideration for the patient treatments was to develop a method to position the patients accurately and quickly in the beam according to predefined parameters.
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Watkins, P., Vroegindeweij, C., Garbe, S., Hideghéty, K. (2001). Patient Positioning at the HFR Petten. In: Hawthorne, M.F., Shelly, K., Wiersema, R.J. (eds) Frontiers in Neutron Capture Therapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1285-1_21
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