Quantitative proton radiography of an animal patient

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5030 II, Issue , 2003, Pages 585-592

  Schneider, Uwe ^a   Dellert, Matthias ^b   Pedroni, Eros ^c   Pemler, Peter ^a   Besserer, Jürgen ^a   Moosburger, Martin ^b   Theiler, Prisca ^d   Kaser Hotz, Barbara ^d  

^a TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CT calibration; Proton radiography; Proton stopping power; Proton therapy; Range

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

DILUTION EFFECTS;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0041875139     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479946     Document Type: Conference Paper

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