Development of activity pencil beam algorithm using measured distribution data of positron emitter nuclei generated by proton irradiation of targets containing 12C, 16O, and 40Ca nuclei in preparation of clinical application

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5818-5829

  Miyatake, Aya ^a   Nishio, Teiji ^b   Ogino, Takashi ^b  

^a Keen Medical Physics Services   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

activity pencil beam algorithm; beam ON LINE PET system; proton beam monitoring; proton therapy; simulation of activity distribution; target nuclear fragment reaction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXIDE; ELECTRONS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LIME; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; POSITRONS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTON IRRADIATION;

ACTIVITY DISTRIBUTION; BEAM MONITORING; NUCLEAR FRAGMENTS; PENCIL BEAM ALGORITHMS; PET SYSTEMS; PROTON THERAPY;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

EID: 80053617885     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3641829     Document Type: Article

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