Experimental validation of the filtering approach for dose monitoring in proton therapy at low energy

Physica Medica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 102-106

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dose monitoring; Positron Emission Tomography; Proton therapy

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; PROTON;

ARTICLE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FILTRATION; HADRON; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 44649135081     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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