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Evaluation of the range shifter model for proton pencil‐beam scanning for the Eclipse v.11 treatment planning system

Existing proton therapy pencil‐beam scanning (PBS) systems have limitations on the minimum range to which a patient can be treated. This limitation arises from practical considerations, such as beam current intensity, layer spacing, and delivery time. The range shifter (RS) — a slab of stopping mate...

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Autores principales: Matysiak, Witold, Yeung, Daniel, Slopsema, Roelf, Li, Zuofeng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5874851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27074461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1120/jacmp.v17i2.5798