Development of Technology for Image-Guided Proton Therapy

Abstract

This report describes the fourth year of work on the award Proton Therapy Dose Characterization and Verification which includes investigation in the following areas: (A) the use of positron emission tomography (PET) to determine the dose deposited by a therapeutic proton beam, (B) studies of the radiobiological effect of proton therapy, and (C) support for matching patients to clinical trials. This report also covers the third year of a continuation award Development of Technology for Image-Guided Proton Therapy that focuses on transferring technology currently in conventional radiotherapy systems to the proton treatment rooms, especially that technology related to daily patient localization. A component of both of these awards also supports the work done by the Walter Reed Army Medical Center scientists. That work is reported in grant #W81XWH-04-2-0022.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA561091

Entities

People

  • Aaron Aguilar
  • Alexander Lin
  • Ann Kennedy
  • Arnaud Belard
  • James Mcdonough
  • James Metz
  • John O'connell
  • Keith Cengel
  • Richard Maughan
  • Zelig Tochner

Organizations

  • University of Pennsylvania

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programs
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detectors
  • Experimental Data
  • Health Services
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Positron Emission Tomography
  • Positron Emissions
  • Positrons
  • Proton Beams
  • Radiation
  • Radiotherapy
  • Tablet Computers
  • Therapy
  • Tomography
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Physics

Readers

  • Medical Imaging.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.