Essays about: "proton radiation therapy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words proton radiation therapy.

  1. 1. Polymer gel dosimetry with MRI-readout for 3D dose verification - detector characteristics and clinical applications

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sjukhusfysikerutbildningen

    Author : Thi Guldhill; [2023]
    Keywords : Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Background & Purpose: Radiation therapy is an essential treatment for cancer patients with the ultimate goal to deliver radiation doses to the tumour with precision while minimizing exposure to surrounding healthy tissues. Treatment verification is crucial to ensure the accuracy of radiation delivery, for instance by measuring the radiation dose distribution. READ MORE

  3. 2. Improving proton therapy planning with photon-counting spectral computed tomography

    University essay from KTH/Fysik

    Author : Karin Larsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Proton therapy; Medical imaging; Computed Tomography; Protonterapi; Medicinsk avbildning; Datortomografi;

    Abstract : Proton radiation therapy is an alternative to conventional photon radiation therapy, which accounts for the majority of radiation treatments today. The rationale for using protons in radiation therapy lies in their dose deposition properties; photons deposit a radiation dose inversely proportional to the energy, and therefore tissue depth, while protons exhibit a sharp Bragg peak when traversing matter. READ MORE

  4. 3. Scenario Dose Calculation for Robust Optimization in Proton Therapy Treatment Planning

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematik LTH

    Author : Johan Sundström; [2021]
    Keywords : cancer; radiation therapy; proton therapy; treatment planning; robust optimization; dose calculation algorithms; scenarios; patient setup; range error; organ motion; pencil beam scanning; computational efficiency; range-corrected dose-mapping; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : Robust optimization plays a vital role in proton therapy treatment planning. A monoenergetic beam of protons has a finite range and delivers most of its dose at some specific depth in the patient. This allows the design of treatments that mainly damage the tumor and not any surrounding tissue. READ MORE

  5. 4. Monte Carlo simulations of Linear Energy Transfer distributions in radiation therapy

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Högenergifysik

    Author : David Dahlgren; [2021]
    Keywords : Radiotherapy; Particle Physics; Linear Energy Transfer; proton therapy; carbon ion therapy;

    Abstract : In radiotherapy, a quantity asked for by clinics when calculating a treatment plan, along withdose, is linear energy transfer. Linear energy transfer is defined as the absorbed energy intissue per particle track length and has been shown to increase with relative biologicaleffectiveness untill the overkilling effect. READ MORE

  6. 5. Implementation of the Weighted Filtered Backprojection Algorithm in the Dual-Energy Iterative Algorithm DIRA-3D

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för systemteknik

    Author : Markus Tuvesson; [2021]
    Keywords : wFBP; weighted Filtered Backprojection; DIRA-3D;

    Abstract : DIRA-3D is an iterative model-based reconstruction method for dual-energy helical CT whose goal is to determine the material composition of the patient from accurate linear attenuation coefficients (LACs). Possible applications are, for example, to aid in calculations of radiation transport and dose calculations in brachytherapy with low energy photons, and in proton therapy. READ MORE