Nowadays there is a steadily increasing interest in proton radiation therapy (pRT), since proton beams can achieve highly localized dose distributions. However, to fully harness the power of pRT, accurate methods of dose calculation and verification of the patient positioning are mandatory. These issues require tomographic imaging performed directly with protons. A first prototype of Proton Computed Tomography (pCT) scanner, composed by a Silicon tracker followed by a YAG:Ce calorimeter and having a 5x5x5 cm3 field of view (FOV), has been developed by the PRIMA (PRoton IMAging)
FBP reconstruction of pCT data: the PRIMA collaboration preliminary results / E. Vanzi; M. Bruzzi; M. Bucciolini; G. A. P. Cirrone; C. Civinini; G. Cuttone; D. Lo Presti; S. Pallotta; C. Pugliatti; N. Randazzo; F. Romano; M. Scaringella; V. Sipala; C. Stancampiano; C. Talamonti; M. Zani. - (2013), pp. 20-20. (Intervento presentato al convegno 8° Congresso Nazionale AIFM tenutosi a Torino nel 2013).
FBP reconstruction of pCT data: the PRIMA collaboration preliminary results.
VANZI, ELEONORA;BRUZZI, MARA;BUCCIOLINI, MARTA;PALLOTTA, STEFANIA;TALAMONTI, CINZIA;
2013
Abstract
Nowadays there is a steadily increasing interest in proton radiation therapy (pRT), since proton beams can achieve highly localized dose distributions. However, to fully harness the power of pRT, accurate methods of dose calculation and verification of the patient positioning are mandatory. These issues require tomographic imaging performed directly with protons. A first prototype of Proton Computed Tomography (pCT) scanner, composed by a Silicon tracker followed by a YAG:Ce calorimeter and having a 5x5x5 cm3 field of view (FOV), has been developed by the PRIMA (PRoton IMAging)
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