Study of an Online Plan Verification Method and the Sensitivity of Plan Delivery Accuracy to Different Beam Parameter Errors in Proton and Carbon Ion Radiotherapy

For scanning beam particle therapy, the plan delivery accuracy is affected by spot size deviation, position deviation and particle number deviation. Until now, all plan verification systems available for particle therapy have been designed for pretreatment verification. The purpose of this study is...

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Main Authors: Jun Zhao, Zhi Chen, Xianwei Wu, Ying Xing, Yongqiang Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.666141/full