Patient Study of In Vivo Verification of Beam Delivery and Range, Using Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography Imaging After Proton Therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 920-934

  Parodi, Katia ^a   Paganetti, Harald ^a   Shih, Helen A ^a   Michaud, Susan ^a   Loeffler, Jay S ^a   DeLaney, Thomas F ^a   Liebsch, Norbert J ^a   Munzenrider, John E ^a   Fischman, Alan J ^a   Knopf, Antje ^a   Bortfeld, Thomas ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; PET CT; Proton therapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

BEAM DELIVERY; COREGISTRATION METHODS; FUNCTIONAL INFORMATION; PROTON THERAPY;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYE TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORBIT TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; SKULL TUMOR; SPINE TUMOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249320889     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.01.063     Document Type: Article

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