2013
Feasibility of Using Distal Endpoints for In-Room PET Range Verification of Proton Therapy
Grogg K, Zhu X, Min C, Winey B, Bortfeld T, Paganetti H, Shih H, Fakhri G. Feasibility of Using Distal Endpoints for In-Room PET Range Verification of Proton Therapy. IEEE Transactions On Nuclear Science 2013, 60: 3290-3297. DOI: 10.1109/tns.2013.2278140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPET distributionsNuclear reactionsProton therapyMC-PETSimulated positron emission tomographyIn-roomMonte CarloPET resolutionPositron emission tomographyRange verificationBiological washoutDose depthThreshold energyDose deliveryCross sectionPlanned doseMC simulationsIndividual beamsSimPETOne-dimensional profilesRadiological decayBeamDistal endpointsProtonNative nucleiFeasibility of using distal endpoints for In-room PET Range Verification of Proton Therapy
Grogg K, Zhu X, Min C, Winey B, Bortfeld T, Paganetti H, Shih H, El Fakhri G. Feasibility of using distal endpoints for In-room PET Range Verification of Proton Therapy. IEEE Transactions On Nuclear Science 2013, 60: 3890-3894. PMID: 24464031, PMCID: PMC3900284, DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2012.6551892.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPET distributionsNuclear reactionsProton therapyMC-PETSimulated positron emission tomographyMonte CarloPET resolutionPositron emission tomographyRange verificationBiological washoutDose depthThreshold energyDose deliveryCross sectionPlanned doseMC simulationsIndividual beamsSimPETOne-dimensional profilesIn-roomRadiological decayBeamDistal endpointsProtonNative nuclei
2012
MO‐A‐213AB‐07: Evaluation of Distal Dose Surface with In‐Room PET for Proton Therapy Monitoring
Min C, Zhu X, Grogg K, Winey B, Fakhri G, Bortfeld T, Shih H, Paganetti H. MO‐A‐213AB‐07: Evaluation of Distal Dose Surface with In‐Room PET for Proton Therapy Monitoring. Medical Physics 2012, 39: 3860-3860. PMID: 28517508, DOI: 10.1118/1.4735759.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProton dose distributionsMeasured PET imagesDose surfaceDose distributionIn-roomMonte CarloProton therapy monitoringBeam's eye viewPET activitySimulated PET imagesPET imagingGantry roomsTreatment verificationTreatment headBeam deliveryClinical trialsProton therapyPassive scatteringMC simulationsBeam directionTreated volumeRoot-mean-square deviationBeamImage registrationSimulated PET