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Radiation Linear Accelerator Shared Service

Director: Warren D'Souza, Ph.D., chief of the Medical Physics division in the Department of Radiation Oncology

The primary mission of the Radiation Linear Accelerator Shared Resource (RLASS) is the delivery of ionizing irradiation to support a wide range of cancer research projects. By providing expertise and state-of-the-art resources to members of the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center (UMGCC) and other investigators at the University of Maryland, RLASS supports and promotes cutting-edge radiation-based research. Using a state-of-the-art linear accelerator situated in a recently renovated, shielded vault, RLASS offers a wide range of radiation energies, dose rates, and radiation treatment modalities. RLASS includes 6-18 MV photon beams and 6-18 MeV electron beams and is equipped with an onboard kilovoltage x-ray source and detector. This onboard imaging capability allows for x-ray planar radiographs or volumetric cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images to ensure accurate alignment of subjects before irradiation. With this combination of technologies, RLASS can replicate sophisticated treatment modalities that are offered as standard of care to patients undergoing radiation therapy.

This page was last updated on: September 15, 2010.

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