Bragg peak prediction from quantitative proton computed tomography using different path estimates

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 587-599

  Wang, Dongxu ^a   Mackie, T Rockwell ^a   Tomé, Wolfgang A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS PATHS; BRAGG PEAKS; CUBIC SPLINE; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION; DEPTH DOSE; IMAGING DOSE; IMAGING PHANTOMS; INCOMING ENERGY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PATH ESTIMATION; PATH PROBABILITY; PROTON BRAGG PEAK; PROTON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (PCT); PROTON RADIATION THERAPY; RELATIVE PROBABILITY; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SIMULATION RESULT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PIXELS; PROBABILITY;

PROTONS;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PROTON;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROBABILITY; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79551698831     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/3/005     Document Type: Article

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