A new PET prototype for proton therapy: Comparison of data and Monte Carlo simulations

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Rosso, V ^a   Battistoni, G ^b   Belcari, N ^a   Camarlinghi, N ^a   Ferrari, A ^c   Ferretti, S ^a   Kraan, A ^a   Mairani, A ^d   Marino, N ^a   Ortuno J E ^e,f   Pullia, M ^d   Sala, P ^b   Santos, A ^e,f   Sportelli, G ^a   Straub, K ^a   Del Guerra, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d Centro Nazionale Adroterapia Oncologica CNAO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gamma camera, SPECT, PET PET CT, coronary CT angiography (CTA); Instrumentation for hadron therapy; Instrumentation for heavy ion therapy

Indexed keywords

ANNIHILATION PHOTONS; CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHIES; FRONT END ELECTRONICS; HADRON THERAPY; HEAVY-ION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS;

HADRONS; PHOTONS; PROTON BEAMS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84877777145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/8/03/C03021     Document Type: Article

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