The effectiveness of combined gating and re-scanning for treating mobile targets with proton spot scanning. An experimental and simulation-based investigation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 3813-3828

  Schatti A ^a   Zakova, M ^a   Meer, D ^a   Lomax, A J ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

gating; motion mitigation; re scanning; scanning proton therapy

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; ION BEAMS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; GATING; ION BEAM THERAPIES; MOTION MITIGATION; PROTON THERAPY; REGULAR MOTION; TARGET VOLUMES; TREATMENT PLANS;

SCANNING;

BREATHING; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PROCEDURES; PROTON THERAPY;

HUMANS; MOVEMENT; PROTON THERAPY; RESPIRATION;

EID: 84903641058     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/14/3813     Document Type: Article

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