Patient-specific QA and delivery verification of scanned ion beam at NIRS-HIMAC

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Furukawa, Takuji ^a   Inaniwa, Taku ^a   Hara, Yousuke ^a   Mizushima, Kota ^a   Shirai, Toshiyuki ^a   Noda, Koji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Constancy check; Particle therapy; Patient specific QA; Scanning delivery

Indexed keywords

ION BEAMS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IRRADIATION; PHANTOMS; WATER TREATMENT;

CONSTANCY CHECK; DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBER; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; PARTICLE THERAPY; PATIENT SPECIFIC; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

CARBON; HEAVY ION; WATER;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; HEAVY ION MEDICAL ACCELERATOR; HUMAN; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHANTOM; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ION THERAPY; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE;

HEAVY ION RADIOTHERAPY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84890015635     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4828845     Document Type: Article

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