Quantitative assessment of the physical potential of proton beam range verification with PET/CT

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 4137-4151

  Knopf, A ^a,b   Parodi, K ^c   Paganetti, H ^a   Cascio, E ^a   Bonab, A ^a   Bortfeld, T ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ESTERS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTORESISTS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; SCANNING; TESTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BEAM DIRECTION; BEAM EDGE; BLOOD PERFUSION; CLINICAL PILOT STUDY; DELIVERED DOSE; DEPTH PROFILING; FIELD-OF-VIEW; IMAGE CO-REGISTRATION; IN-VIVO; INHOMOGENEITIES; LIST-MODE; MONTE CARLO; ORDER-OF MAGNITUDES; PATIENT MOTIONS; PET DATA; PET SCANNERS; PHANTOM STUDIES; PHYSICAL FACTORS; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; POLY-METHYL METHACRYLATE; PROTON-THERAPY; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPREAD-OUT BRAGG PEAK; VARIATIONS OF; VERIFICATION METHODS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GEOMETRY; IN VIVO STUDY; IRRADIATION; LUNG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PERFUSION; PHANTOM; PILOT STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION BEAM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48349094227     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/15/009     Document Type: Article

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