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June 28, 2024Physics in Medicine and BiologyOpen Access

Stopping power and range estimations in proton therapy based on prompt gamma timing: motion models and automated parameter optimization

J. Werner F. Pennazio Niklas Schmid Elisa Fiorina Davide Bersani P. Cerello J. Kasprzak Nicola Mosco Sahar Ranjbar R. Sacchi V. Ferrero M. Rafecas

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Abstract

Particle therapy treatments are currently limited by uncertainties of the delivered dose. Verification techniques like Prompt-Gamma-Timing-based Stopping Power Estimation (PGT-SPE) may allow for reduction of safety margins in treatment planning.

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Werner et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e62c28b6db6435875bea5f https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ad5d4b

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