The application of PET to quality assurance of heavy-ion tumour therapy.
The application of PET to quality assurance of heavy-ion tumour therapy.
Enghardt, W.; Debus, J.; Haberer, T.; Hasch, B.-G.; Hinz, R.; Jäkel, O.; Krämer, M.; Lauckner, K.; Pawelke, J.
At the new heavy ion tumor therapy facility of the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung at Darmstadt positron emission tomography (PET) has been implemented for in-beam and in-situ therapy control, i.e. during the tumor irradiation. The components necessary for this dedicated PET-imaging and their integration into the framework of therapy planning and quality assurance of heavy ion cancer treatments are presented. Results of the first application of this PET-method to patient treatments are reported.
Keywords: heavy-ion therapy; positron emission tomography; treatment planning; quality assurance
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Strahlentherapie und Onkologie, Vol. 175, Suppl. II (1999) 33-36
DOI: 10.1007/BF03038884
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