Validation of PTSIM for clinical usage

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 158-160

  Aso, Tsukasa ^a   Yamashita, Tomohiro ^b   Akagi, Takashi ^b   Kameoka, Satoru ^c   Nishio, Teiji ^c   Murakami, Koichi ^d   Omachi, Chihiro ^d   Ssasaki, Takashi ^d   Amako, Katsuya ^d   Kimura, Akinori ^e   Yoshida, Hajime ^f   Kurashige, Hisaya ^g   Kaburagi, Masaaki ^h  

^a TOYAMA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HYOGO ION BEAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^d HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^e ASHIKAGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f SHIKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM DELIVERY SYSTEMS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL USAGE; COMMON PLATFORM; CT IMAGE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; GEANT4 SIMULATION TOOLKIT; HADRON THERAPY; IRRADIATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL CENTER; PARTICLE THERAPY; PENCIL BEAM ALGORITHMS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCIES; SYSTEM SIMULATIONS; TREATMENT PARAMETERS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

DATA HANDLING; GAMMA RAYS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79960339006     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5873736     Document Type: Conference Paper

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