Comparison of single and dual energy CT for stopping power determination in proton therapy of head and neck cancer

Background and purpose: Patients with head and neck (HN) cancer may benefit from proton therapy due to the potential for sparing of normal tissue. For planning of proton therapy, dual-energy CT (DECT) has been shown to provide superior stopping power ratio (SPR) determination in phantom materials an...

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Main Authors: Vicki Trier Taasti, Ludvig Paul Muren, Kenneth Jensen, Jørgen Breede Baltzer Petersen, Jesper Thygesen, Anna Tietze, Cai Grau, David Christoffer Hansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-04-01
Series:Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405631617300842