Treatment planning and verification of proton therapy using spot scanning: Initial experiences

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3150-3157

  Lomax, Antony J ^a   Böhringer, Terence ^a   Bolsi, Alessandra ^a   Coray, Doelf ^a   Emert, Frank ^a   Goitein, Gudrun ^a   Jermann, Martin ^a   Lin, Shixiong ^a   Pedroni, Eros ^a   Rutz, Hanspeter ^a   Stadelmann, Otto ^a   Timmermann, Beate ^a   Verwey, Jorn ^a   Weber, Damien C ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Proton therapy; Spot scanning; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

BONE; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; PROTON BEAMS; TUMORS;

DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FIELD DIRECTIONS; LOW-GRADE GLIOMAS; PROTON THERAPY; SECOND GENERATION; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SPOT SCANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

SCANNING;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CARCINOMA; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY RESOURCE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SPOTTING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 9244236564     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1779371     Document Type: Article

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