Single slice reconstruction of a proton CT image for a phantom head – reconstructed using our patented algorithms. The sequence shows various stages in the reconstruction

Parts of PRaVDA – research platform for Proton Therapy Instrumentation, especially Proton CT – has been installed at the iThemba LABS, South Africa.

Four proton trackers, two in front of a phantom (in time, a patient!) and two after, record the paths of individual protons. The “fish tank” on the right is to calibrate the energies of the protons in the beam (typically 125 – 250 MeV).

PRaVDA will form part of the “One Hundred Objects that Changed the World” at the year long exhibition at the The Institution of Engineering and Technology Savoy Place Headquarters

PRaVDA will be exhibited at the SPARK Engineering Festival, Lincoln Cathedral, 17 – 19 April. See http://www.visitlincoln.com/whats-on/spark-festival-2015

Latest developments on PRaVDA will be presented by Dr Tony Price at this meeting (http://www.pi.infn.it/pm/2015).
Picture of conference hotel!