Pre-treatment patient-specific stopping power by combining list-mode proton radiography and x-ray CT

The relative stopping power (RSP) uncertainty is the largest contributor to the range uncertainty in proton therapy. The purpose of this work was to develop a systematic method that yields accurate and patient-specific RSPs by combining (1) pre-treatment x-ray CT and (2) daily proton radiography of...

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Main Authors: Collins-Fekete, Charles-Antoine (Author) , Seco, Joao (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 3 August 2017
In: Physics in medicine and biology
Year: 2017, Volume: 62, Issue: 17, Pages: 1-18
ISSN:1361-6560
DOI:10.1088/1361-6560/aa7c42
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/aa7c42
Verlag, Volltext: http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/62/i=17/a=6836
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Author Notes:Charles-Antoine Collins-Fekete, Sébastien Brousmiche, David C. Hansen, Luc Beaulieu and Joao Seco

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