Reconstruction for proton computed tomography by tracing proton trajectories: A Monte Carlo study

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 699-706

  Li, Tianfang ^a   Liang, Zhengrong ^a   Singanallur, Jayalakshmi V ^b   Satogata, Todd J ^b   Williams, David C ^c   Schulte, Reinhard W ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

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

Author keywords

ART algorithm; Curved proton path; Multiple Coulomb scattering; Proton CT

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ALGEBRAIC RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; CURVED PROTON PATH; IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS; MULTIPLE COULOMB SCATTERINGS; PROTON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (PCT); STRAIGHT-LINE PATHS; TARGET LOCALIZATION;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

PROTON;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ERROR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THEORY;

EID: 33644635909     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2171507     Document Type: Article

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