Clinical application of in-room positron emission tomography for in vivo treatment monitoring in proton radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 183-189

  Min, Chul Hee ^a   Zhu, Xuping ^a   Winey, Brian A ^a   Grogg, Kira ^a   Testa, Mauro ^a   El Fakhri, Georges ^a   Bortfeld, Thomas R ^a   Paganetti, Harald ^a   Shih, Helen A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; IMAGE CO-REGISTRATION; METHODS AND MATERIALS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); PROTON RADIATION THERAPY; REPOSITIONING OF PATIENTS; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE DEVIATION; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

FORECASTING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON BEAMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN ROOM POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876155187     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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