An overview on the developments and improvements of a treatment planning system for BNCT

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1333-1338

  Cerullo, N ^a   Daquino, G G ^b   Muzi, L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c SORIT Società per la Ricerca e lo Sviluppo Tecnologico   (United States)

^d Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron neutron capture therapy; Dosimetry; Image processing; Monte Carlo methods; Positron emission tomography; Treatment planning system

Indexed keywords

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; HIGH FLUX REACTOR; RADIATION TRANSPORT MODEL; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM;

BORON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; TISSUE; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 33746366494     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.872501     Document Type: Article

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