Proton computed tomography as a tool for proton therapy planning: Preliminary computer simulations and comparisons with x-ray CT basics

X-Ray Spectrometry

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 481-492

  De Assis, Joaquim Teixeira ^a   Yevseyeva, Olga ^a   Evseev, Ivan ^a   Lopes, Ricardo Tadeu ^b   Schelin, Hugo Reuters ^c   Klock, Márgio Cezar Loss ^c   Paschuk, Sergei A ^c   Schulte, Reinhard W ^d   Williams, David C ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BRAGG PEAK POSITIONS; DOSE CALCULATION; ENERGY; LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTERS; PROTON THERAPY; PROTON TREATMENT; RADIATION TREATMENTS; THERAPY PLANNING; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

PROTON BEAMS;

EID: 27844595423     PISSN: 00498246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/xrs.869     Document Type: Article

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