Density resolution of proton computed tomography

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1035-1046

  Schulte, Reinhard W ^a   Bashkirov, Vladimir ^a   Klock, Márgio C Loss ^a,b   Li, Tianfang ^c   Wroe, Andrew J ^d   Evseev, Ivan ^e   Williams, David C ^f   Satogata, Todd ^g  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fed Ctr for Technol Education   (Brazil)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^g BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density resolution; Monte Carlo simulation; Proton computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; X RAYS;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BRAGG PEAK POSITIONS; CLINICAL PRACTICES; DENSITY RESOLUTION; ENERGY LOSS STRAGGLING; GEANT4 SIMULATION; PROTON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON RADIATION THERAPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

PROTON; WATER;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENERGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NOISE; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; THICKNESS;

EID: 17844408190     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1884906     Document Type: Article

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