Absolute dose reconstruction in proton therapy using PET imaging modality: Feasibility study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Fourkal, E ^a   Fan, J ^a   Veltchev, I ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D INFORMATION; ACTIVITY DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; ANALYTICAL MODEL; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE RECONSTRUCTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MATRIX; MONTE CARLO CODES; PET IMAGING; PET SCANNER; POSITRON EMITTERS; PROTON ENERGY; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION TREATMENTS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TISSUE PHANTOM;

CONVOLUTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PLANNING; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

PROTON;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 69249206907     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/11/N02     Document Type: Article

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