An experimental investigation into the effect of periodic motion on proton dosimetry using polymer gel dosimeters and a programmable motion platform

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 649-663

  Su, Zhong ^a   Lopatiuk Tirpak, Olena ^b   Zeidan, Omar ^c   Sruprisan, S I ^b   Meeks, Sanford L ^b   Slopsema, Roelf ^a   Flampouri, Stella ^a   Li, Zuofeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b M D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ORLANDO   (United States)

^c ProCure Proton Therapy Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDRICAL TARGET; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; DOSIMETRIC IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GEL DOSIMETER; INDEX CALCULATION; MOTION MODELS; MOTION PLATFORMS; MOTION PROFILE; ORGAN MOTION; PERIODIC MOTION; POLYMER GEL DOSIMETER; PROTON THERAPY; PROTON TREATMENT; TARGET COVERAGE; TARGET MOTIONS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TREATMENT PLANS;

DOSIMETERS; GELS; MATLAB; POLYMERS; PROTONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DOSIMETRY;

POLYMER; PROTON;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEL; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GELS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOTION; POLYMERS; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84856089416     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/3/649     Document Type: Article

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