Clinical characterization of a proton beam continuous uniform scanning system with dose layer stacking

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4945-4954

  Farr, J B ^a,b,d   Mascia, A E ^b,e   Hsi, W C ^b,f   Allgower, C E ^b   Jesseph, F ^b   Schreuder, A N ^b,e   Wolanski, M ^b   Nichiporov, D F ^c   Anferov, V ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^e Procure Treatment Centers Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commissioning; Proton; Scanning; Uniform

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DOSIMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; SCANNING;

BEAM DELIVERY SYSTEMS; COMMISSIONING; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; FLEXIBLE CONSTRUCTION; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAKS; UNIFORM;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; FILM; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 54949127210     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2982248     Document Type: Article

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