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2. The diagram represents a reasonable visual indication of the requirements. PATIENT AND STAFF FLOW The associations between and among the activities and spaces are the art and essence of particle therapy facility design. By examining the flow of patients and staff, one can determine the optimal layout including required adjacencies while minimizing â collisionsâ between various flow paths (see Fig. 3 for paths and Fig. 4 for space concepts). A very important flow represents the path of a patient on an on-treatment visit (OTV).
