Quantification of radiation dose from short-lived positron emitters formed in human tissue under proton therapy conditions

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 380-385

  Kettern, K ^a   Coenen, H H ^a   Qaim, S M ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dose calculation; Proton therapy; Short lived positron emitters

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; BRAGG PEAKS; BRAIN TUMOUR; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRONIC INTERACTIONS; HUMAN TISSUES; INTEGRAL YIELDS; INTERNAL RADIATIONS; PATH LENGTHS; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; PRIMARY PARTICLES; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; SHORT-LIVED POSITRON EMITTERS;

ATOMS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONS; POSITRONS; PROTON BEAMS; TUMORS;

PROTONS;

CARBON 11; NITROGEN 13; OXYGEN 15;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CORTICAL BONE; DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL INTERNAL RADIATION DOSE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHANTOM; POSITRON; PROTON THERAPY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; SWINE;

EID: 67349173645     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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