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UPLIFT brings together 15 Supervising institutions from all over Europe with one aim in common: To bring upright radiotherapy to the clinic.

Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg

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DKFZ is the largest biomedical research institute in Germany and a member of the Helmholtz Association of National Research Centers. In more than 100 divisions and research groups, our more than 3,000 employees, of which more than 1,200 are scientists, are investigating the mechanisms of cancer, are identifying cancer risk factors and are trying to find strategies to prevent people from getting cancer. They are developing novel approaches to make tumor diagnosis more precise and treatment of cancer patients more successful.
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Uniwersytet Jagielloński

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The recently established Center for Theranostics (CfT) is the flagship project of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (JUK) dedicated to interdisciplinary research in the field of nuclear medicine. The center is home to the construction of a multi-photon total-body positron emission tomography scanner consisting of plastic scintillators: TB-J-PET (Total-Body Jagiellonian PET). CfT conducts pioneering research in positronium and quantum entanglement imaging. The first ever positronium images of the human brain were recently demonstrated using the TB-J-PET prototype
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Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

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Through cutting-edge research, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) solves pressing societal and industrial challenges of our time. A strong collaboration between the HZDR, the Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus and the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus jointly operates OncoRay center. Cancer patients are treated with proton therapy at the University Proton Therapy Dresden. In the facility’s experiment room, the world’s first in-beam MRI system for proton therapy was developed in 2017. Since then, HZDR / OncoRay is pioneering MRI-integrated proton therapy
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České Vysoké Učení Technické v Praze

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Czech Technical University in Prague is one of the oldest technical universities in the world with a tradition of outstanding achievements and academic reputation. It is the top technical university in the CEE region. Its Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering offers a broad range of study fields and unique nuclear science disciplines. The medical physics programme at the Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation has a long standing tradition and the department is the main national institute delivering medical physics education.
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Cosylab

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Cosylab (Cosylab Control System Laboratory d.d.) is a global technology company that builds and integrates state-of-the-art software and electronics for the world’s most complex, precise and advanced systems. It enables research organizations to discover scientific breakthroughs, hospitals to deliver better cancer treatment and organizations to improve their performance.
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Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica

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Fondazione CNAO represents the first and only Italian hospital-based facility treating oncological patients since 2011 with scanning proton and carbon ion beams, produced by a custom synchrotron. Today, more than 5000 patients have been treated at CNAO. The facility features three clinical rooms (2 horizontal, and 1 horizontal and vertical fixed beamlines) and an additional room completely dedicated to research activities. State-of-the-art systems for patient positioning and in-room x-ray imaging are installed in each of the treatment rooms, enabling novel techniques for safe management of org...
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Centre de Lutte Contre Le Cancer Leon Berard

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The Centre Léon Bérard is a comprehensive cancer center, member of the French Federation of Cancer Centres, UNICANCER. The CLB has three main missions that are to cure, treat and teach, to offer the best quality care to cancer patients. The bench-to-bedside process is one of CLB’s strengths hosting excellent multidisciplinary research and innovative care, in collaboration with institutional and private partners. The Radiation Oncology Department was the first to adopt the concept of upright treatment with photons in a comprehensive research programme.
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GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH

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GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung operates unique accelerators for heavy ions. Researchers from around the world use this facility for experiments that help them make fascinating discoveries in basic research. In addition, they continuously develop new applications in Medicine and Technology.
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RaySearch Laboratories

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RaySearch develops innovative software solutions to improve cancer care. About 1000 clinics in more than 40 countries use RaySearch software to improve treatments and quality of life for patients. The headquarters is located in Stockholm, with subsidiaries in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia & New Zealand. Today we have more than 410 employees with a common vision of improving cancer care with innovative software. We engage in numerous research projects together with clinical partners to develop new ideas and concepts together with other researchers and end users.
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TheraPanacea

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TheraPanacea, an award-winning medical technology company created in 2017, is reinventing healthcare through harnessing AI to develop cutting-edge software to optimize diagnostics, prognostics and therapies for cancer and other complex diseases. At TheraPanacea we are devoted to unlock the unlimited power of AI-based software to drive innovation in healthcare. Endowed with an excellent IP portfolio, TheraPanacea’s vision is to exploit state-of-the-art research technology to accelerate health care’s transition towards predictive, evidence-driven, adaptive treatment planning and delivery.
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ASG Superconductors S.p.A.

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ASG Superconductors is an Italian company located in the superb port town of Genoa at the foot of the Ligurian mountains. The company is renown worldwide for its production of sophisticated superconducting cables and coils for magnetic fields of various sizes and shapes, for superconducting high-field MRI magnets with excellent field homogeneity. The superconducting open MR scanner (MROpen Evo) at 0.5T field strength enables MRI in various body postures between supine and upright – a key to understand the patient anatomy in upright positioning.
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Loughborough University

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Loughborough University is consistently ranked as a top ten UK university. It hosts a world recognised ergonomics and human factors team, which sits within the School for Design and Creative Arts. Loughborough is also renowned for research centres in transport safety and environmental ergonomics. It has a strong reputation in healthcare staff and patient safety and is currently delivering the education programme for all Patient Safety Specialists across NHS England.
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Sheffield Hallam University

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Shaffield Hallam University is one of the UK’s largest and most progressive universities. Their teaching, research and partnerships are characterised by a focus on real world impact - addressing the health, economic and social challenges facing society today.
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Paul Scherrer Institute

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The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is the largest research institute in Switzerland, and the Center for Proton Therapy (CPT) is the only radiotherapy department in the country offering this unique, highly precise proton radiotherapy treatment. The PSI-CPT has been a long-lasting global leader and pioneer in developing and clinically implementing pencil beam scanning and Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy. As a fully operational proton therapy center, PSI-CPT boasts a comprehensive suite of related equipment, including a proprietary pencil beam scanning proton therapy system with three gantries ...
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Leo Cancer Care

Founded in 2016, Leo Cancer Care is an innovative, young company specialising in medical devices for upright radiotherapy. The company is developing upright patient positioning systems, imaging scanners, and treatment delivery systems (Leo Cancer Care’s technology is not yet available for clinical use). Leo Cancer Care has offices in Crawley, near London (UK) and Middleton, Wisconsin (USA).

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