Study on the use of electron-tracking compton gamma-ray camera to monitor the therapeutic proton dose distribution in real time

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2437-2440

  Kabuki, Shigeto ^a   Ueno, Kazuki ^a   Kurosawa, Shunsuke ^a   Iwaki, Satoru ^a   Kubo, Hidetoshi ^a   Miuchi, Kentaro ^a   Fujii, Yusuke ^b   Kim, Dokyun ^c   Kim, Jongwon ^d   Kohara, Ryota ^b   Miyazaki, Osamu ^b   Sakae, Takeji ^e   Shirahata, Takashi ^b   Takayanagi, Taisuke ^b   Terunuma, Toshiyuki ^e   Tsukahara, Yutaro ^f   Yamamoto, Etsuji ^b   Yasuoka, Kiyoshi ^e   Tanimori, Toru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^f CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG PEAKS; COMPTON; COMPTON CAMERA; ENERGY DYNAMICS; GAMMA-RAY CAMERAS; HEAVY-ION BEAMS; PROMPT GAMMA-RAYS; PROTON DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; PROTON THERAPY; QUALITY ASSURANCE TOOLS; RADIATION THERAPY; REAL TIME; REAL TIME MONITORING; TREATMENT QUALITY; WATER PHANTOM; WIDE FIELD OF VIEW;

CAMERAS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77951191155     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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