2013
Determination of elemental tissue composition following proton treatment using positron emission tomography
Cho J, Ibbott G, Gillin M, Gonzalez-Lepera C, Min C, Zhu X, Fakhri G, Paganetti H, Mawlawi O. Determination of elemental tissue composition following proton treatment using positron emission tomography. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2013, 58: 3815-3835. PMID: 23681070, PMCID: PMC3763743, DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/11/3815.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIn-room PET scannerProton treatmentSOBP beamPET scannerMonte Carlo simulationsTissue elemental compositionComposite decay curvePristine Bragg peakProton treatment planningIn-roomElemental tissue compositionCarlo simulationsDecay curvesRange verificationMonoenergetic beamsBeam rangeProton dosePhantom sectionsEmitted positronsPositron emission tomographyProton therapyBragg peakPhantom compositionDelivered dosePositron emission tomography imaging
2009
SU‐FF‐J‐129: In‐Room Proton Range Verification Using Mobile NeuroPET ‐ Feasibility Study
Knopf A, Zhu X, Parodi K, Paganetti H, Bortfeld T, Fakhri G. SU‐FF‐J‐129: In‐Room Proton Range Verification Using Mobile NeuroPET ‐ Feasibility Study. Medical Physics 2009, 36: 2506-2506. DOI: 10.1118/1.3181421.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProton range verificationRange verificationPET/CT scannerCommercial PET/CT scannersWater equivalent rangePositron emission tomographyBiological washoutPMMA phantomProton fieldsProton beamActivity depth profilesProton treatmentPhantom studyTreatment roomIn-roomPositron emission tomography scanPositron emission tomography dataPatient repositioningPhantomPositron emission tomography imagingProtonDepth profilesPET/CT imagingRadiation treatmentTotal dose