The effect of beam purity and scanner complexity on proton CT accuracy.

Piersimoni, P; Ramos-Méndez, J; Geoghegan, T; Bashkirov, V A; Schulte, R W; Faddegon, B A

Piersimoni, P; Ramos-Méndez, J; Geoghegan, T; Bashkirov, V A; Schulte, R W; Faddegon, B A.

Affiliation

Piersimoni P; Radiation Oncology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA.
Ramos-Méndez J; Radiation Oncology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA.
Geoghegan T; Radiation Oncology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA.
Bashkirov VA; Radiation Research Laboratories, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
Schulte RW; Radiation Research Laboratories, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
Faddegon BA; Radiation Oncology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA.

Med Phys ; 44(1): 284-298, 2017 Jan.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28066887

Subject(s)

Protons; Tomography, X-Ray Computed/instrumentation; Algorithms; Calibration; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Monte Carlo Method; Phantoms, Imaging; Reference Standards; Reproducibility of Results

Key words

Geant4; MC simulation; TOPAS; protonCT; quality assurance

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Protons / Tomography, X-Ray Computed Type of study: Health_economic_evaluation Language: En Journal: Med Phys Year: 2017 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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