Experimental study on the feasibility of in-beam PET for accurate monitoring of proton therapy

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3 II, 2005, Pages 778-786

  Parodi, Katia ^a,b   Pönisch, Falk ^a,c   Enghardt, Wolfgang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

PET; Proton therapy; Therapy monitoring

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DOSIMETRY; FRACTIONATION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; PROTONS; TUMORS;

BEAM SHAPING SYSTEMS; PROTON THERAPY; SPREAD-OUT BRAGG-PEAK (SOBP); THERAPY MONITORING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844461860     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.850950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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