In vivo proton range verification: A review

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 131-160

  Knopf, Antje Christin ^a   Lomax, Antony ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADDED UNCERTAINTY; ANATOMICAL CHANGES; DOSE GRADIENTS; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; PROTON DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; PROTON THERAPY; RANGE VERIFICATIONS; STATE OF THE ART;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

PROTON;

COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PROTON THERAPY; REVIEW; UNCERTAINTY; PROCEDURES;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; PROTON THERAPY; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84880611450     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/15/R131     Document Type: Review

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