Experimental verification of IMPT treatment plans in an anthropomorphic phantom in the presence of delivery uncertainties

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 4415-4431

  Albertini, F ^a   Casiraghi, M ^a,b   Lorentini, S ^c,d   Rombi, B ^a,c   Lomax, A J ^a,e  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Agenzia Provinciale per la Protonterapia di Trento (AtreP)   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; CHORDOMA; DELIVERY UNCERTAINTY; DIFFERENT PLANES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EDGE TRACKING; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; HIGH HETEROGENEITY; INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON THERAPIES; RANGE ERROR; RANGE UNCERTAINTY; SAGITTAL PLANE; SKULL BASE; SPATIAL ERRORS; SPATIAL UNCERTAINTY; TISSUE SUBSTITUTE; TISSUE TYPES; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TREATMENT PLANS;

ERRORS; PROTONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; UNCERTAINTY;

HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79960369449     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/14/012     Document Type: Article

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