Author: Zenklusen S M Pedroni E Meer D
Publisher: IOP Publishing
ISSN: 0031-9155
Source: Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol.55, Iss.17, 2010-09, pp. : 5103-5121
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Abstract
Treating moving targets using a scanning gantry for proton therapy is a promising but very challenging, not yet clinically demonstrated treatment modality. The interference of organ motion with the sequence of the beam delivery produces uncontrolled dose inhomogeneities within the target. One promising approach to overcome this difficulty is to increase the speed of scanning in order to apply the dose repeatedly (so-called
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