Preliminary results of an in-beam PET prototype for proton therapy

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 591, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 296-299

  Attanasi, F ^a   Belcari, N ^a   Camarda, M ^a   Cirrone, G A P ^b   Cuttone, G ^b   Del Guerra, A ^a   Di Rosa, F ^b   Lanconelli, N ^c   Rosso, V ^a   Russo, G ^b   Vecchio, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Positron emission tomography; Proton therapy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

AXIAL DIRECTION; BEAM RANGE SHIFTERS; PROTON THERAPY;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 44649102528     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.03.076     Document Type: Article

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