Patient specific optimization of the relation between CT-Hounsfield units and proton stopping power with proton radiography

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 195-199

  Schneider, Uwe ^a   Pemler, Peter ^a   Besserer, Jürgen ^a   Pedroni, Eros ^b   Lomax, Antony ^b   Kaser Hotz, Barbara ^c  

^a TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CT calibration; Proton radiography; Proton radiotherapy; Proton stopping power

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CURVE FITTING; ITERATIVE METHODS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY;

CALIBRATION CURVES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; PATIENT SPECIFIC; PROTON RADIOGRAPHY; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; STANDARD DEVIATION; STOPPING POWER;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOG; DOSIMETRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NOSE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON RADIOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOGRAPHY; STOICHIOMETRY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 12844256308     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1833041     Document Type: Article

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