Proton Therapy Dose Characterization and Verification

Abstract

This report describes the first year of work on the award ???Neurocognitive Effects of Radiotherapy. The first year's effort has been in two areas: (1) to get an approved protocol that will be used to study patients via MRI and neurocognitive testing, and (2) to develop immobilization equipment that enables us to deliver base-of-skull treatments more optimally. The study has gotten IRB approval at Penn and recently a DOD approval. A component (10%) of this award supports the work done by the Walter Reed Army Medical Center scientists.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA631128

Entities

People

  • James Mcdonough

Organizations

  • University of Pennsylvania

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Cancer
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Health Services
  • Instructions
  • Intellectual Property
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Network Protocols
  • Positron Emission Tomography
  • Positron Emissions
  • Proton Beams
  • Protons
  • Radiation
  • Radiotherapy
  • Therapy

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Physics

Readers

  • Clinical Trial Research.
  • Medical Imaging.