Comparison Between In-Beam and Offline Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Proton and Carbon Ion Therapeutic Irradiation at Synchrotron- and Cyclotron-Based Facilities

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 945-956

  Parodi, Katia ^a   Bortfeld, Thomas ^b   Haberer, Thomas ^a  

^a Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center HIT   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ion therapy; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ION BOMBARDMENT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTONS;

ION THERAPEUTIC IRRADIATION; ION THERAPY; PATIENT THROUGHPUT;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

CARBON; ISOTOPE; PROTON;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CYCLOTRON; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ION THERAPY; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SYNCHROTRON;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CYCLOTRONS; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 44349190821     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.02.033     Document Type: Article

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