Radiation therapy treatments are typically planned based on a single image set, assuming
that the patient's anatomy and its position relative to the delivery system remains constant …

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 …

Proton computed tomography (pCT) has been proposed as an alternative to x-ray computed
tomography (CT) for acquiring relative to water stopping power (RSP) maps used for proton …

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 …

Accurate determination of physical/mass and electron densities are critical to accurate
spatial and dosimetric delivery of radiotherapy for photon and charged particles. In this …

Purpose To assess the potential of a joint dual‐energy computerized tomography (CT)
reconstruction process (statistical image reconstruction method built on a basis vector model …

Accurate beam range prediction during clinical treatment planning is key to improve targeted
dose delivery in proton and heavy ion therapy. A substantial source of beam range …

Purpose Proton therapy is becoming an increasingly popular cancer treatment modality due
to the proton's physical advantage in that it deposits the majority of its energy at the distal …

Objective. Kilovoltage computed tomography (kVCT) is the cornerstone of radiotherapy
treatment planning for delineating tissues and towards dose calculation. For the former …

Background and purpose In proton therapy, a 3.5% margin is often used to account for
proton range uncertainties, of which computed tomography (CT) image noise is assumed to …