Range verification methods in particle therapy: underlying physics and Monte Carlo modelling

Hadron therapy allows for highly conformal dose distributions and better sparing of organs-at-risk, thanks to the characteristic dose deposition as function of depth. However, the quality of hadron therapy treatments is closely connected with the ability to predict and achieve a given beam range in...

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Main Author: Aafke Christine Kraan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
PET
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2015.00150/full