Monte Carlo calculations of positron emitter yields in proton radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1659-1673

  Seravalli, E ^a   Robert, C ^b   Bauer, J ^c   Stichelbaut, F ^d   Kurz, C ^c   Smeets, J ^e   Van Ngoc Ty, C ^f   Schaart, D R ^g   Buvat, I ^b   Parodi, K ^c   Verhaegen, F ^a,h  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Bt 440   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d IBA Group   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^f SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

^g DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNIHILATION PHOTONS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HADRONIC INTERACTION MODELS; IRRADIATED TISSUE; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; NUCLEAR INTERACTION; PET IMAGING; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; POSITRON EMITTERS; PRODUCTION OF RADIONUCLIDES; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; PROTON TREATMENT; SECONDARY PARTICLES; THEORETICAL MODELS; THERAPEUTIC ENERGY; THERAPY MONITORING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRON; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84858032555     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/6/1659     Document Type: Article

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