Range assessment in particle therapy based on prompt γ-ray timing measurements

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 5399-5422

  Golnik, Christian ^a   Hueso González, Fernando ^a   Müller, Andreas ^a   Dendooven, Peter ^c   Enghardt, Wolfgang ^a,b   Fiedler, Fine ^b   Kormoll, Thomas ^a   Roemer, Katja ^b   Petzoldt, Johannes ^a   Wagner, Andreas ^b   Pausch, Guntram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

particle therapy; prompt gamma; range assessment; timing spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ALGORITHM; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE;

ALGORITHMS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; PROTON THERAPY; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 84906898099     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/18/5399     Document Type: Article

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