Development of dose delivery verification by PET imaging of photonuclear reactions following high energy photon therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 5769-5783

  Janek, S ^a   Svensson, R ^a   Jonsson, C ^a,b   Brahme, A ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IRRADIATION; OXYGEN; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPES; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT PROCESSES; BLOOD FLOWS; BREMSSTRAHLUNG BEAMS; PHOTONUCLEAR REACTIONS;

DOSIMETRY;

CARBON 11; NITROGEN 13; OXYGEN 15; RADIOISOTOPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTON THERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOFT TISSUE; SWINE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 33846873034     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/22/004     Document Type: Article

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