neurosurgical telescope
Inventory Number2025-04-0006
Classification(not assigned)
Maker
Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
1937 - 2002
User
Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
founded 2001
User
Ethan W. Cascio
born 1960
DescriptionThis plastic tube would attach to the proton beam, be filled with water and telescoped forward and backward to determine the distance of the beam at the Bragg peak.
FunctionThis device enabled users to calculate the dose of radiation for a patient based on an x ray of their skull, limiting the margin of error.
ProvenanceHarvard Cyclotron Laboratory, Cambridge, MA, 1960s-2002; The Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 2002-2021; transfer to CHSI, 2021.
Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
Date: 1947-2002
Object number: 2003-1-0291
Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
Object number: 2025-04-0011y
Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
Date: 1960-1980
Object number: 2003-1-0309
Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
Date: 1980-1984
Object number: 2003-1-0275
Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
Object number: 2025-04-0011r
Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
Date: early 1960s
Object number: 2009-1-0004a
Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
Date: early 1960s
Object number: 2009-1-0004b
Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
Date: early 1960s
Object number: 2009-1-0004c