Relationship between CT number and electron density, scatter angle and nuclear reaction for hadron-therapy treatment planning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3261-3275

  Matsufuji, Naruhiro ^a   Tomura, Hiromi ^a   Futami, Yasuyuki ^a   Yamashita, Haruo ^a   Higashi, Akio ^b   Minohara, Shinichi ^a   Endo, Masahiro ^a   Kanai, Tatsuaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Hyogo Prefectural Government   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON BEAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE WATER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER;

EID: 0031772165     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/11/007     Document Type: Article

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