A tracking compton-scattering imaging system for hadron therapy monitoring

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1 PART 1, 2010, Pages 144-150

  Frandes, Mirela ^a   Zoglauer, Andreas ^b   Maxim, Voichita ^a   Prost, Rémy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compton imaging; Compton scattering; Hadron therapy

Indexed keywords

CANCER TREATMENT; COMPTON; COMPTON IMAGING; DOSE DEPOSITION; HADRON THERAPY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PAIR CREATION; PET IMAGING; PROTON BEAM ENERGY; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; TREATMENT PLANS;

CAMERAS; COMPTON SCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HADRONS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MONITORING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; STARS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77950644889     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2031679     Document Type: Article

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