Initial simulation study of a new method of range adaptation for radiotherapy of moving targets with scanned ion-beams
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In the radiotherapy (RT) of moving targets with scanned ion-beams at GSI we are investigating a new method of fast range adaptation. The method controls an ion-beam depth in a moving target by deflecting the ion-beam on an appropriate thickness of a static wedge shaped energy degrader placed upstream in the ion-optical system. A feasibility study of this method using Monte Carlo simulations are being performed which is based on experimental results.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008