PET/CT imaging for treatment verification after proton therapy: A study with plastic phantoms and metallic implants

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 419-435

  Parodi, Katia ^a,c   Paganetti, Harald ^a   Cascio, Ethan ^a   Flanz, Jacob B ^a   Bonab, Ali A ^a   Alpert, Nathaniel M ^a   Lohmann, Kevin ^b   Bortfeld, Thomas ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; Positron emission tomography; Proton therapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POSITRONS; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; PROTON BEAMS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOTHERAPY;

ANALYTICAL TREATMENT; CLINICAL APPLICATION; FRACTIONATED RADIOTHERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; PROTON RADIATION THERAPY; PROTON THERAPY; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAKS; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOMATERIAL; LUTETIUM; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); SILICATE; TITANIUM; TRACER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; HADRON; IMAGING SYSTEM; IRRADIATION; METAL IMPLANTATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; X RAY;

EID: 33846585941     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2401042     Document Type: Article

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