Feasibility study of in vivo MRI based dosimetric verification of proton end-of-range for liver cancer patients

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 378-382

  Yuan, Yading ^a   Andronesi, Ovidiu C ^a   Bortfeld, Thomas R ^a   Richter, Christian ^a   Wolf, Russell ^a   Guimaraes, Alexander R ^a   Hong, Theodore S ^a   Seco, Joao ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal proton range verification; In vivo dosimetry; Liver tumor; Magnetic resonance imaging; Proton therapy; Radiation effects on liver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOSE CALCULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84876155314     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.01.016     Document Type: Article

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