Conceptual design of a proton computed tomography system for applications in proton radiation therapy

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3 III, 2004, Pages 866-872

  Schulte, Reinhard ^a   Bashkirov, Vladimir ^a   Li, Tianfang ^b   Liang, Zhengrong ^b   Mueller, Klaus ^b   Heimann, Jason ^c   Johnson, Leah R ^c   Keeney, Brian ^a,b,c,d   Sadrozinski, Hartmut F W ^c   Seiden, Abraham ^c   Williams, David C ^c   Zhang, Lan ^c   Li, Zhang ^d   Peggs, Steven ^d   Satogata, Todd ^d   Woody, Craig ^d  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERPOLATION; PROTON BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

GRAPHICS HARDWARE BOARDS (GPU); PARTICLE TRACKING SYSTEM; PROTON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (PCT); PROTON TREATMENT PLANNING;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 3342890639     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.829392     Document Type: Conference Paper

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