Gated Irradiation With Scanned Particle Beams

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1270-1275

  Bert, Christoph ^a   Gemmel, Alexander ^a   Saito, Nami ^a   Rietzel, Eike ^a,b  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gating; Particle therapy; Scanning; Target motion

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE BEAM DYNAMICS; PARTICLE BEAMS; SCANNING; WINDOWS;

CARBON ION BEAMS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FULL WIDTH AT HALF-MAXIMUM; GATING; GATING WINDOWS; LATERAL MOTIONS; LOCAL DEVIATIONS; PARTICLE THERAPY; PENCIL BEAMS; RESIDUAL MOTIONS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SIMULATION STUDIES; TARGET MOTION;

TARGETS;

CARBON; WATER;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; GATED IMAGING; IRRADIATION; MOTION; PARTICLE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION;

MOVEMENT; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 61549092441     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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