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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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Oncology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2015.00150/full |