Exploitation of the full potential offered by ion beams in clinical practice is still hampered by
several sources of treatment uncertainties, particularly related to the limitations of our ability …

Proton computed tomography (pCT) is a promising tomographic imaging modality allowing
direct reconstruction of proton relative stop** power (RSP) required for proton therapy …

Ion computed tomography (iCT) represents a potential replacement for x-ray CT (xCT) in ion
therapy treatment planning to reduce range uncertainties, inherent in the semi-empirical …

Thoracic tumours are increasingly considered indications for pencil beam scanned proton
therapy (PBS-PT) treatments. Conservative robustness settings have been suggested due to …

Purpose Hadron therapy has the capability to provide a high dose conformation to tumor
regions. However, it requires an accurate target positioning. Thus, the precise monitoring of …

Ion-beam radiography (iR ad) could potentially improve the quality control of ion-beam
therapy. The main advantage of iR ad is the possibility to directly measure the integrated …

We present a method to accurately predict image noise in proton computed tomography
(pCT) using data generated from a Monte Carlo simulation and a patient or object model that …

We present a formalism for two-dimensional (2D) noise reconstruction in proton computed
tomography (pCT). This is necessary for the application of fluence modulated pCT (FMpCT) …

Purpose This experimental study is aimed at demonstrating, using a simple cylindrical water
phantom, the feasibility of fluence‐modulated proton computed tomography (FMpCT) by …

The empirical conversion of the treatment planning x-ray computed tomography (CT) image
to ion stop** power relative to water causes dose calculation inaccuracies in ion beam …