Particle Therapy 2017

HIMAC approach (T. Kanai, IJROBP 44, 1999)

Describe the treatment beam (SOBP) by mixed field parameters according to the Zaider Rossi formula:

) 2 D D

( mix mix e DS    

) ( 

mix

Dd f i

/ 

i

f i is the relative dose contribution at that point

Recipe: Build a ridge filter according to the resulting shape of RBE

03/01/13

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