Positron camera for range verification of heavy-ion radiotherapy

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 515, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 840-849

  Iseki, Yasushi ^a,b   Mizuno, Hideyuki ^c   Futami, Yasuyuki ^d   Tomitani, Takehiro ^e   Kanai, Tatsuaki ^b,e   Kanazawa, Mitsutaka ^e   Kitagawa, Atsushi ^e   Murakami, Takeshi ^e   Nishio, Teiji ^f   Suda, Mitsuru ^e   Urakabe, Eriko ^e   Yunoki, Akira ^a   Sakai, Hirotaka ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^d SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heavy ion; HIMAC; Positron camera; Positron emitter; Radiotherapy; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CRYSTALS; HEAVY IONS; POSITRONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

POSITRON CAMERAS;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0242607066     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2003.07.005     Document Type: Article

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