Variations in linear energy transfer within clinical proton therapy fields and the potential for biological treatment planning

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1559-1566

  Grassberger, Clemens ^a,b   Trofimov, Alexei ^a   Lomax, Anthony ^b   Paganetti, Harald ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

IMPT; Linear energy transfer (LET); Monte Carlo; Protons; Relative biological effectiveness (RBE)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SCANNING; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BRAINSTEM; CLINICAL PROTONS; CRITICAL STRUCTURES; DELIVERY TECHNIQUES; EDGE TRACKING; IMPT; LET DISTRIBUTION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO STUDY; NORMAL TISSUE; ORGANS AT RISKS; PROTON THERAPY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SECONDARY PARTICLES; TREATMENT PLANS;

ENERGY TRANSFER; HISTOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

WATER;

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHORDOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON THERAPY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHORDOMA; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; ORGANS AT RISK; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 79960103519     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.10.027     Document Type: Article

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