A study of lateral fall-off (penumbra) optimisation for pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy.
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DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aaa2ad
Abstract: The lateral fall-off is crucial for sparing organs at risk in proton therapy. It is therefore of high importance to minimize the penumbra for pencil beam scanning (PBS). Three optimisation approaches are investigated: edge-collimated uniformly… read more here.
Keywords: pre absorber; fall; optimisation; edge enhancement ... See more keywords