Experiences at the Paul Scherrer Institute With a Remote Patient Positioning Procedure for High-Throughput Proton Radiation Therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1581-1590

  Bolsi, Alessandra ^a   Lomax, Antony J ^a   Pedroni, Eros ^a   Goitein, Gudrun ^a   Hug, Eugen ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Patient setup; Positioning protocols; Proton radiotherapy; Remote positioning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; ERRORS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; THROUGHPUT;

CT SCANNERS; DATA ANALYSIS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT (HT); PATIENT MOTIONS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE (PSI); POSITIONING ERRORS; POSITIONING SYSTEMS; POST TREATMENTS; PROTON RADIATION THERAPY; REFERENCE IMAGES; SYSTEMATIC (CO);

RANDOM ERRORS;

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; SPINE CANCER; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TELECONSULTATION;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EFFICIENCY; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOVEMENT; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TELERADIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47149091530     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.02.079     Document Type: Article

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