A PET prototype for in-beam monitoring of proton therapy

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-56

  Vecchio, Sara ^a,b   Attanasi, Francesca ^a,b   Belcari, Nicola ^a,b   Camarda, Manuela ^a,b   Cirrone, G A Pablo ^c   Cuttone, Giacomo ^c   Di Rosa, Francesco ^c   Lanconelli, Nico ^d,e   Moehrs, Sascha ^a,b   Rosso, Valeria ^c   Russo, Giorgio ^c   Del Guerra, Alberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^c INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eye therapy; In beam monitoring; PET; Proton

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROTONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; DOSE PROFILES; EYE THERAPY; IN-BEAM MONITORING; IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS; IN-VIVO; INDUCED ACTIVITIES; ION PATHS; PET; PET IMAGES; PROTON; PROTON THERAPIES; THERAPEUTIC BEAMS; TOMOGRAPH;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 60449089438     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2008306     Document Type: Article

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