Proton computed tomography: Update on current status

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 4685-4688

  Bashkirov, Vladimir A ^b   Schulte, Reinhard W ^b   Penfold, Scott N ^a,c   Rosenfeld, Anatoly B ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; HEALTH; ION BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONMETALS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SILICON; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANATOMIC INFORMATION; BEAM LINES; CESIUM IODIDE; CONFORMALITY; CURRENT STATUS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL CENTERS; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; ON CURRENTS; PCT PROJECT; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); PROTON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON DOSE; PROTON IMAGING; SILICON MICROSTRIP TRACKER; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR IMAGING;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 47549115194     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437152     Document Type: Conference Paper

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