Proton therapy verification with PET imaging

Theranostics

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 731-740

  Zhu, Xuping ^a   El Fakhri, Georges ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

PET imaging.; Proton range verification; Proton therapy

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; NITROGEN 13; PHOSPHORUS 30; POTASSIUM 38; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVITY PENCIL BEAM ALGORITHM; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOLOGICAL WASHOUT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYCLOTRON; DATA PROCESSING; DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTER FUNCTION; GAMMA RADIATION; HADRON; HALF LIFE TIME; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN BEAM POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; IN ROOM POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OFF LINE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PET SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; SYNCHROTRON; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

PET IMAGING.; PROTON RANGE VERIFICATION; PROTON THERAPY;

HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888813124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18387640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/thno.5162     Document Type: Review

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