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Lead
University of Florida
Age
18–100
Sex
MALE
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Disease: Prostate cancer
Treatment site:
Prostate or prostate and seminal vesicle
No regional lymph node is involved
Patient's body weight: Patient's body weight is less than 350 lbs to consider the total weight limit that the ProteusONE treatment table and the robotic arm can operate
Treatment volume size: maximum size less than 15 x 15 cm in a cross-section and a thickness less than 20 cm to consider 2D transducer matrix size
Provision to sign the consent form and understand the non-invasiveness of iRAI
Patient agreement on tolerance on placing a water bag to acquire iRAI during treatment
Treatment modality: Proton radiation therapy with UFHPTI's ProteusONE gantry using PBS
You may not be if
A patient who would not be tolerable or will feel nervous due to the sensation and coolness of the ultrasound gel appliedt to skin
A patient with a significant medical implant or hardware in the treatment area
A patient may feel uncomfortable with the modular transducer arrays contacting the skin during treatment. Each transducer array contacts a 15 cm × 15 cm area of skin, and depending on the patient's abdominal size, a minimum of two and a maximum of three such areas may be in contact. This produces a sensation of light pressure on the abdomen - comparable to a light hold on the index finger - lasting for a total of 4 minutes.
