Proton Range Uncertainty Due to Bone Cement Injected Into the Vertebra in Radiation Therapy Planning

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 299-305

  Lim, Young Kyung ^a   Hwang, Ui Jung ^b   Shin, Dongho ^b   Kim, Dong Wook ^b   Kwak, Jungwon ^c   Yoon, Myonggeun ^b   Lee, Doo Hyun ^b   Lee, Se Byeong ^b   Lee, Sang Yeob ^b   Park, Sung Yong ^d   Pyo, Hong Ryeol ^a,b,c,d  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^c Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bone cement; Inhomogeneity correction; Proton; Range uncertainty; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BONE CEMENTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79960896259     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: 18734022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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