Non-uniform depth scanning for proton therapy systems employing active energy variation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Kang, Joanne H ^a   Wilkens, Jan J ^a   Oelfke, Uwe ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; SCANNING; TUMORS;

ACTIVE ENERGY VARIATION; PROTON SCANNING SYSTEMS; PROTON THERAPY SYSTEMS;

PROTONS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; ENERGY; HISTOGRAM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; SAMPLING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AUTOMATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42449141548     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/9/N01     Document Type: Article

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