Charged particle therapy has been largely driven and influenced by nuclear physics. The
increase in energy deposition density along the ion path in the body allows reducing the …

Multienergy CT involves acquisition of two or more CT measurements with distinct energy
spectra. Using the differential attenuation of tissues and materials at different x-ray energies …

The charge of Task Group 186 (TG‐186) is to provide guidance for early adopters of model‐
based dose calculation algorithms (MBDCAs) for brachytherapy (BT) dose calculations to …

Monte Carlo simulation techniques made a slow entry in the field of radiotherapy in the late
1970s. Since then they have gained enormous popularity, judging by the number of papers …

Dual energy CT (DECT) scanners are nowadays available in many radiology departments.
For radiotherapy purposes, new strategies using DECT imaging are investigated to optimize …

Advances in conformal radiation therapy and advancements in pre-clinical radiotherapy
research have recently stimulated the development of precise micro-irradiators for small …

This topical review provides an up-to-date overview of the theoretical and practical aspects
of therapeutic kilovoltage x-ray beam dosimetry. Kilovoltage x-ray beams have the property …

Purpose: This study was performed to investigate the accuracies of the synthesized
monochromatic images and effective atomic number maps obtained with the new GE …

We present an experimental verification of stop**-power-ratio (SPR) prediction from dual
energy CT (DECT) with potential use for dose planning in proton and ion therapy. The …

We discovered an empirical relationship between the logarithm of mean excitation energy
(ln I m) and the effective atomic number (EAN) of human tissues, which allows for computing …