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| Speaker: | Tom Rusch, Ph.D. Co-founder and VP of Technical Outreach Xoft, Inc. |
Electronic Brachytherapy: Localized Radiation Therapy Using a Miniature X-ray Source
About the Seminar:
Electronic brachytherapy is a technology platform for delivering localized radiation treatment for cancers using a miniature X-ray source to replace the radioactive material used in traditional brachytherapy. The use of an X-ray source allows the radiation to be turned on and off, much as the linear accelerator has allowed electronic control of radiation generation for external beam therapy.
An electronic source also eliminates the risks of transporting, storing and handling radioactive materials. The therapy may be given in a minimally-shielded clinical setting, making radiation therapy accessible to a large number of patients. Miniaturized X-ray sources offer exciting potential for more precise dose delivery while sparing healthy tissue.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Thomas Rusch
Dr. Thomas Rusch is co-founder of Xoft Inc. and Vice President
of Technical Outreach. As VP of Technical Outreach, he focuses
on understanding potential clinical opportunities for electronic
brachytherapy and expanding the technical foundations for new
therapeutic methods. He has over 40 years of experience with
electron, ion and X-ray optics development at Xoft, Perkin Elmer
Physical Electronic Division, 3M and Los Alamos National Lab.
Dr. Rusch has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in
Management of Technology from the University of Minnesota.
