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Recent Developments in Proton Imaging

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Author	Volz, Lennart Collins-Fekete, Charles-Antoine Piersimoni, Pierluigi Seco, Joao
Copyright Year	2021
Description	Proton imaging was first proposed by Cormack (1963) as one of three possible applications of his work together with X-ray CT imaging. Subsequently, proton radiography (pRad) was investigated as a radiologic tool in the 1970s (Koehler 1968, Cormack & Koehler 1976), and proton CT studies followed shortly after (Hanson et al. 1981). Even studies on heavier ion imaging had been conducted already at that time (Benton et al. 1973). However, the success of X-ray CT, which quickly became the most common cancer diagnostic tool in hospitals, rapidly overshadowed proton imaging modalities. Partly, this success of X-ray CT can certainly be attributed to the lower spatial resolution achievable with proton imaging due to the multiple Coulomb scattering (MCS) suffered by the particles throughout their trajectory through the patient/object. More importantly, however, mounting an X-ray tube on a gantry was much simpler compared to the large and costly accelerator equipment needed to produce protons, let alone heavier ions, with energies suitable for imaging. Consequently, it was only with the advent of proton and heavier ion therapy that proton imaging gained increasing interest. Book Name: Monte Carlo Techniques in Radiation Therapy
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Ending Page	86
Page Count	18
Starting Page	69
DOI	10.1201/9781003212485-7
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2021-10-20
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: Monte Carlo Techniques in Radiation Therapy Proton Imaging Ray Ct Heavier Ion Koehler Cormack
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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