Pre-treatment CT imaging is a topic of growing importance in particle therapy. Improvements
in the accuracy of stopping-power prediction are demanded to allow for a dose conformality …

Range uncertainty has been a key factor preventing particle radiotherapy from reaching its
full physical potential. One of the main contributing sources is the uncertainty in estimating …

Over the past decade, spectral or dual‐energy CT has gained relevancy, especially in
oncological radiology. Nonetheless, its use in the radiotherapy (RT) clinic remains limited …

Purpose To investigate the role of quantitative pre-treatment dual-energy computed
tomography (DECT) for prediction of loco-regional recurrence (LRR) in patients with …

Purpose To evaluate the quantitative imaging performance of a spectral photon‐counting
computed tomography (SPCCT) scanner for radiotherapy applications. An experimental …

Objective. Functional lung avoidance (FLA) radiotherapy treatment aims to spare lung
regions identified as functional from imaging. Perfusion contributes to lung function and can …

The aim of this study is to use a simulation environment to evaluate the potential of using
photon-counting CT (PCCT) against dual-energy CT (DECT) in the context of quantitative …

Objective: Dual-energy CT (DECT) strengthens the material characterization and
quantification due to its capability of material discrimination. The image-domain multi …

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of an intravenous (IV) contrast agent on
proton therapy dose calculation using dual-energy computed tomography (DECT). Two …

Objective. Contrast agents in computed tomography (CT) scans can compromise the
accuracy of dose calculations in radiation therapy planning, especially for particle therapy …