Is there a single spot size and grid for intensity modulated proton therapy? Simulation of head and neck, prostate and mesothelioma cases

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1298-1308

  Widesott, Lamberto ^a   Lomax, Antony J ^b   Schwarz, Marco ^a  

^a ATreP   (Italy)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

IMPT; proton beam; spot size

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; PROTON BEAMS; QUALITY CONTROL; TUMORS; UROLOGY;

IMPT; INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON THERAPIES; MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMAS; PLANNING OBJECTIVES; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; SCANNED PROTON PENCIL BEAMS; SPOT SIZES; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

HYPERION; PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 84857833224     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3683640     Document Type: Article

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