Dose distributions of proton therapy plans are robust against lowering the resolution of CTs combined with increasing noise.

Background: Treatment planning in radiation therapy (RT) is performed on image sets acquired with commercial x-ray computed tomography (CT) scanners. Considering an increased frequency of verification scans for adaptive RT and the advent of alternatives to x-ray CTs, there is a need to review the requirements for image sets used in RT planning.

Purpose: This study aims to derive the required image quality (IQ) for the computation of the dose distribution in proton therapy (PT) regarding spatial resolution and the combination of spatial resolution and noise.

Proof-of-principle of 3D-printed track-end detectors for dosimetry in proton therapy.

Background: Dosimetric equipment in particle therapy (PT) is associated with high costs. There is a lack of versatile, tissue-equivalent detectors suitable for in-vivo dosimetry. Faraday-cup (FC) type detectors are sensitive to stopped protons, that is, to track-ends (TEs).

Sizzling steaks and manly molds: Exploring the meanings of meat and masculinities in young men's lives.

Eating (red) meat and masculinity are historically and culturally associated, leading to the stereotype "real men eat meat" in western societies. Existing literature primarily examines men's motivations, justifications, and attitudes toward meat consumption; however, there is limited understanding of the themes that emerging adult men associate with their meat consumption and how these themes relate to their masculine identity. This study employed semi-structured interviews with thirty men aged 18 to 29, living in Flanders, Belgium.