Online compensation for target motion with scanned particle beams: Simulation environment

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 3029-3046

  Li, Qiang ^a,c   Groezinger, Sven Oliver ^b   Haberer, Thomas ^b   Rietzel, Eike ^b   Kraft, Gerhard ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MODERN PHYSICS   (China)

^b GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC RASTER SCANNING SYSTEM;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; MOTION COMPENSATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTION; PARTICLE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; X-RAYS;

EID: 4344713120     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/14/001     Document Type: Article

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