Implementation and workflow for PET monitoring of therapeutic ion irradiation: A comparison of in-beam, in-room, and off-line techniques

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1281-1298

  Shakirin, Georgy ^a   Braess, Henning ^b   Fiedler, Fine ^c   Kunath, Daniela ^a   Laube, Kristin ^a   Parodi, Katia ^d   Priegnitz, Marlen ^c   Enghardt, Wolfgang ^a,c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE DELIVERY; DUTY CYCLES; IMAGE QUALITY CRITERIA; INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATION COSTS; ION IRRADIATION; ION THERAPY; IRRADIATED TISSUE; PET SCANNER; PET/CT SCANNERS; POSITRON EMITTERS; THERAPEUTIC BEAMS;

IMAGE QUALITY; IONS; IRRADIATION; MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; POSITRONS; RADIATION; SCANNING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ION;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79951877696     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/5/004     Document Type: Article

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