3D beam monitoring for 12C radiotherapy by tracking of secondary ions using the timepix detector

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1291-1294

  Gwosch, Klaus ^a   Hartmann, Bernadette ^a   Jakubek, Jan ^b   Pospisil, Stanislav ^b   Jakel, Oliver ^a   Martisikova, Maria ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM MONITORING; DOSE DELIVERY; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; HEALTHY TISSUES; ION RANGES; SECONDARY IONS; TIMEPIX DETECTORS; UNPREDICTABLE CHANGES;

MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84881576192     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551316     Document Type: Conference Paper

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