Experimental characterization of a prototype detector system for carbon ion radiography and tomography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 413-427

  Rinaldi, I ^a,b   Brons, S ^b   Gordon, J ^c   Panse, R ^b   Voss, B ^d   Jakel O ^a,b   Parodi, K ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Pyramid Technical Consultants Inc   (United States)

^d GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PARAMETER; BEAM THERAPY; BRAGG PEAKS; CONFORMALITY; CRITICAL STRUCTURES; DEPTH DOSE; ENERGETIC ION; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; FAST ELECTRONICS; HEIDELBERG; HIGH SENSITIVITY; IN-SITU MONITORING; PROTOTYPE DETECTOR; RANGE UNCERTAINTY; READOUT ELECTRONICS; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; TRANSMISSION IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORK SUPPORT;

ION BEAMS; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

CALIBRATION; CARBON; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872715685     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/3/413     Document Type: Article

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