Dedes et al., 2017 - Google Patents
Application of fluence field modulation to proton computed tomography for proton therapy imagingDedes et al., 2017
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- Dedes G
- De Angelis L
- Rit S
- Hansen D
- Belka C
- Bashkirov V
- Johnson R
- Coutrakon G
- Schubert K
- Schulte R
- Parodi K
- Landry G
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- Physics in Medicine & Biology
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This simulation study presents the application of fluence field modulated computed tomography, initially developed for x-ray CT, to proton computed tomography (pCT). By using pencil beam (PB) scanning, fluence modulated pCT (FMpCT) may achieve variable …
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