Title :
System solution for particle therapy PET
Author :
Shakirin, Georgy ; Braess, Henning ; Fiedler, Fine ; Kunath, Daniela ; Laube, Kristin ; Parodi, Katia ; Priegnitz, Marlen ; Enghardt, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Radiat. Phys., Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany
fDate :
Oct. 24 2009-Nov. 1 2009
Abstract :
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a technique for an in-vivo, non-invasive monitoring of the dose delivery precision in highly conformal ion beam therapy. The successful exploitation of ion-beam PET and a rising number of built or planned proton and ion therapy facilities worldwide are working towards the development of a particle therapy PET (PT-PET) system of the next generation. Possible configurations of a prospective PT-PET scanner as well as a methodology for the evaluation of concurrent designs of the scanner by considering the requirements of a therapy facility and integration costs, are discussed in this paper.
Keywords :
dosimetry; positron emission tomography; radiation therapy; conformal ion beam therapy; dose monitoring; integration costs; ion therapy facilities; particle therapy PET; positron emission tomography; scanner design; Face detection; Geometry; Image reconstruction; Magnetic heads; Medical treatment; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Oncology; Positron emission tomography; Solid scintillation detectors; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2009 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3961-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401658
