The NAC proton treatment planning system

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dc.contributor.authorSchreuder A.N.
dc.contributor.authorJones D.T.L.
dc.contributor.authorSymons J.E.
dc.contributor.authorDe Kock E.A.
dc.contributor.authorHough J.K.
dc.contributor.authorWilson J.
dc.contributor.authorVernimmen F.J.A.
dc.contributor.authorSchlegel W.
dc.contributor.authorHoss A.
dc.contributor.authorMichael L.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:18:11Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:18:11Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.description.abstractA three-dimensional proton treatment planning system called PROXELPLAN has been used at the National Accelerator Centre (NAC) since October 1994. This system is entirely based on the VOXELPLAN planning system, developed at the Deutches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany. The VOXELPLAN system provides the treatment planning infrastructure while the proton dose distributions are calculated using a software module that was initially developed at the Royal Marsden Hospital, UK. The proton module has been extensively modified and refined. It uses a rayline-tracing algorithm which is suitable for planning current treatments but is not sufficiently dynamic to accommodate the use of compensators. A sophisticated pencil beam algorithm is currently under development.
dc.description.versionConference Paper
dc.identifier.citationStrahlentherapie und Onkologie
dc.identifier.citation175
dc.identifier.citationSUPPL. 2
dc.identifier.issn01797158
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/14551
dc.subjectalgorithm
dc.subjectconference paper
dc.subjectdosimetry
dc.subjectGermany
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectradiation dose distribution
dc.subjectradiotherapy
dc.subjecttreatment planning
dc.subjectAlgorithms
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectPhantoms, Imaging
dc.subjectProtons
dc.subjectRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted
dc.subjectTomography, X-Ray Computed
dc.subjectWater
dc.titleThe NAC proton treatment planning system
dc.typeConference Paper
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