Revisiting the single-energy CT calibration for proton therapy treatment planning: a critical look at the stoichiometric method

Carles Goma; Isabel P. Almeida; Frank Verhaegen

doi:10.1088/1361-6560/aaede5

Revisiting the single-energy CT calibration for proton therapy treatment planning: a critical look at the stoichiometric method

Carles Goma^*, Isabel P. Almeida, Frank Verhaegen

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Article number	235011
Number of pages	13
Journal	Physics in Medicine and Biology
Volume	63
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/aaede5
Publication status	Published - Dec 2018

Keywords

proton therapy
CT calibration
biological tissue-substitutes
range uncertainty
CARLO DOSE CALCULATION
RANGE UNCERTAINTIES
TISSUE PARAMETERS
HOUNSFIELD UNITS
ELECTRON-DENSITY
X-RAY

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Goma, C., Almeida, I. P., & Verhaegen, F. (2018). Revisiting the single-energy CT calibration for proton therapy treatment planning: a critical look at the stoichiometric method. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 63(23), [235011]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/aaede5

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