Publications by authors named "Fernando Cerron-Campoo"
Clinical implementation of in-beam PET monitoring in proton therapy requires the integration of an online fast and reliable dose calculation engine. This manuscript reports on the achievement of real-time reconstruction of 3D dose and activity maps with proton range verification from experimental in-beam PET measurements. Approach: Several cylindrical homogeneous PMMA phantoms were irradiated with a monoenergetic 70-MeV proton beam in a clinical facility.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Purpose: As no guidelines for pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy (PT) of paediatric posterior fossa (PF) tumours exist to date, this study investigated planning techniques across European PT centres, with special considerations for brainstem and spinal cord sparing.
Materials And Methods: A survey and a treatment planning comparison were initiated across nineteen European PBS-PT centres treating paediatric patients. The survey assessed all aspects of the treatment chain, including but not limited to delineations, dose constraints and treatment planning.
Article Synopsis
- A new calibration method for dual energy CT (DECT) using material decomposition maps for iodine and water has been developed, aimed at enhancing the accuracy of imaging.
- Experiments conducted on a GE revolution CT scanner showed that the method successfully reproduces Hounsfield unit (HU) values with less than 1% error, validating its effectiveness.
- This novel calibration offers comparable accuracy to existing methods, while providing better precision, making it particularly beneficial for applications like proton therapy where accurate tissue differentiation is crucial.