4D in-beam positron emission tomography for verification of motion-compensated ion beam therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4230-4243

  Parodi, Katia ^a   Saito, Nami ^b   Chaudhri, Naved ^b   Richter, Christian ^c   Durante, Marco ^b   Enghardt, Wolfgang ^c   Rietzel, Eike ^b,d   Bert, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

4D; In beam PET; Ion therapy; Target motion; Treatment verification

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ION BEAMS; IONS; IRRADIATION; MOTION COMPENSATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRONS; TARGET TRACKING;

ACTIVITY DISTRIBUTION; IN-BEAM PETS; IN-BEAM POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHIES; ION THERAPY; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; STATIONARY CONDITIONS; TARGET MOTIONS; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

MOTION TRACKING;

CARBON; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ION THERAPY; IRRADIATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONS; MOTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69549126235     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3196236     Document Type: Article

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