Proton Therapy

Proton Therapy

Proton Therapy

Product catalog summary
Overview
Veritas Medical Solutions specializes in radiation shielding for proton therapy facilities, offering modular solutions that replace traditional concrete construction. Their expertise includes physics, engineering, and architectural support, ensuring comprehensive project management and installation services.
Modular Shielding System
The VeriShieldTM system is a high-density modular shielding solution that provides superior neutron, photon, and particle attenuation compared to concrete. It reduces construction time and space requirements significantly, using pre-assembled VPACTM units that interlock for rapid installation.
Engineering and Construction
Veritas offers a turnkey package for proton facilities, including design services. The modular system reduces foundation loads, suitable for high water table areas, and streamlines construction with pre-engineered components, eliminating extensive rebar and concrete work.
Performance and Testing
VeriShield modules have been tested for neutron attenuation at MIT Bates laboratory, showing superior performance over concrete. The design allows for reduced wall thicknesses and overall footprint, enabling the construction of the world's first direct-entry door system for shielded proton rooms.
Construction Efficiency
The modular approach reduces construction time from years to months, with a typical facility requiring approximately 700,000 VeriShield modules constructed in 10-16 weeks. Efficiency is enhanced by just-in-time delivery schedules and pre-assembled components.
Door Systems
Veritas offers advanced radiation-protective door systems, including the world's first direct-entry proton door system. These doors simplify room layouts and reduce space requirements, featuring a maintenance-free bi-parting system with redundant safety systems.
Interior Packages
Veritas provides complete interior finish packages tailored to specific equipment and client requirements, including modular wall panels and other components to complete the room, excluding machine-related utilities and systems.
Modular Room Design
Veritas interiors offer a pre-engineered solution for modular room design, allowing easy updates and maintenance. The system includes removable panel systems, audio/CCTV hookups, ceiling and flooring systems, and more, ensuring a dust-free environment and quick room reconfiguration.
Safety and Accessibility
Protective safety doors with customizable finishes prevent access during door movement. The modular wall panel system allows quick installation and easy access to electrical wiring and other elements.
Proton Therapy Facility Shielding
The document highlights the installation of the world's first bi-parting direct entry proton door system. Veritas offers a realistic design approach considering occupancy and permissible dose limits, with specific parameters for workload, permissible dose, neutron dose yield, utilization factor, and occupancy factor.
VeriShield Shielding System
VeriShield modules, available in 2.5" or 5" block sizes, provide superior neutron attenuation compared to concrete. Testing at MIT Bates laboratory confirmed the effectiveness of VeriShield in reducing shielding thickness while maintaining superior attenuation.
Comparison to Concrete
VeriShield outperforms concrete in attenuation, especially for barrier thicknesses over 30" and beam energies around 200 MeV, typical in proton therapy, resulting in thinner barriers and more efficient construction.
Expertise and Services
Veritas offers in-house services including physics, engineering, architectural support, project management, manufacturing, and installation, providing pre-packaged foundation kits for Radiation Protected Centers of Excellence.
Conclusion
Veritas provides a proven alternative to mass-concrete construction with documented effectiveness, fully-vetted engineering, and guaranteed attenuation, resulting in increased construction speed and efficiency.
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Catalog excerpts

Proton Therapy-1

Constructible Modular Radiation Shielding for Proton Facility Construction Experience Veritas Proton Facility Shielding represents the culmination of years of radiation shielding and healthcare facility design by Veritas personnel. With expertise in all aspects of high-energy particle treatment room shielding and construction, we are uniquely qualified to innovate proton shielding and its breakthrough technology. In-house Ve ritas services include physics, engineering and architectural support, project management, manufacturing and installation services. A Proven Alternative to Mass-Concrete Construction Veritas is the world leader in radiation shielding, radiation protective door systems, modular room interiors and pre-packaged foundation kits - all designed for producing Radiation Protected C e n t e rs of Excellence. Documented Effectiveness Fully-Vetted Engineering 100% Guaranteed Attenuation Increased Speed of Construction Pre-Engineered Package Medical Solutions 160 Cassell Road, Harleysville, PA 19438 USA 484-991-8928 888-242-6760 Fax: 484-991-8521 www.Veritas-MedicalSolutions.com

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Proton Therapy-2

Ve ritas has developed a pre-engineered, modular package that replaces concrete in the construction of proton facilities. Incorporating proven Veritas materials - Replace Mass-Concrete Construction with a Turnkey Shielding Package that Provides Single Source Responsibility shielding, door and interior finish systems, Veritas provides a fully-shielded facility that can be constructed 300% faster than using concrete. Lab-tested and proven in a wide range of applications,Ve ritas Modular Proton Facilities are a proven alternative to timeconsuming mass-concrete construction. Dry-stacked VeriShieldTM...

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Proton Therapy-3

Maximize Savings and Efficiencies Using Methods and Materials Proven in Linac Construction Around the World Proven Constructible Modular Masonry Structures have been proven for years. Maximum Height of High Density Shielding There is no question that modular masonry construction can be utilized in proton facilities to replace massive amounts of concrete shielding.The ability to mobilize and install large quantities of individual Ve riShield blocks (compara ble to that required by a typical proton facility) has been proven in multi-room projects such as an 8 room complex constructed in Dublin,...

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Build 300% Faster and more than 30% Smaller Eliminate Inefficient Maze Entry Simplify Design and Construction by Using a Modular System that Includes Physics and Fully-Vetted Engineering Space Savings Typical Sequence of events A broad outline of the sequence of events and interactions between Veritas, the equipment supplier and the facility project team as it applies to the rigging, installation, assembly and testing aspects of a Veritas Five Room Proton Facility package. Schedule Design Development - Approximately 5-7 weeks from initial authorization to proceed and contract execution. Design...

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Proton Therapy-5

Eliminate Entry Mazes - Save Space and Reduce Costs Direct-Entry Proton Doors Turnkey Interior Packages Ve ritas Shielded Doors have set the standard for radiation-protective entry doors.Their innovation and performance is unmatched in the industry. Now, with the development of a unique bi-parting door system,Ve ritas can offer the world’s first direct entry proton door system. As an additional service,Veritas manufactures and provides a complete room interior finish package that includes everything needed to complete a room (except m a c h i n e and machine-related utilities, systems and software)....

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Radiation Protection Guidance The Veritas shielding package incorporates unique radiation shielding to attenuate the high and low energy neutrons associated with proton therapy Veritas Testing Program The VeriShield™ family of modular shielding materials has seen extensive use in shielding medical linear accelerator rooms, most commonly in the form of VeriShield V-250 and VeriShield V-300 modules. To confirm the viability of using VeriShield modules in the construction and shielding of proton therapy facilities, the neutron attenuation of a range ofVeriShield compositions has been tested.The...

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Constructible Modular Radiation Shielding for Proton Facility Construction Experience Veritas Proton Facility Shielding represents the culmination of years of radiation shielding and healthcare facility design by Veritas personnel. With expertise in all aspects of high-energy particle treatment room shielding and construction, we are uniquely qualified to innovate proton shielding and its breakthrough technology. In-house Ve ritas services include physics, engineering and architectural support, project management, manufacturing and installation services. A Proven Alternative to Mass-Concrete...

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