Distributions of β+ decayed nuclei generated in the CH 2 and H2O targets by the target nuclear fragment reaction using therapeutic MONO and SOBP proton beam

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1070-1082

  Nishio, Teiji ^a   Sato, Takashi ^a   Kitamura, Hideaki ^a   Murakami, Koji ^a   Ogino, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beam FWHM verification; Beam range verification; Partial nuclear cross section; PET apparatus; Proton radiotherapy; Target fragment reaction; + decayed nuclei

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON IRRADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

ACTIVITY DISTRIBUTION; COINCIDENCE DETECTION; FULL WIDTH HALF AT MAXIMUMS; NUCLEAR CROSS SECTIONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; RANGE VERIFICATIONS; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAKS;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

CARBON; OXYGEN; POLYETHYLENE; WATER;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALCULATION; EVALUATION; GAMMA RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; MONO ENERGETIC BRAGG PEAK BEAM IRRADIATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAK BEAM IRRADIATION; TIME;

EID: 17844375162     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1879692     Document Type: Article

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