TCRT August (Supplement) 2007)

Volume 6
No. 4, Supp (p 1-84)
August (Supplement) 2007
ISSN 1533-0338

Open Access
Overview of Hospital-based Proton Facilities

Guest Editor: Daila S. Gridley Developing and Understanding a Hospital-based Proton Facility: Bringing Physics into Medicine (p. 1-8)

James M. Slater, M.D.

An Overview of Subatomic Particles for Non-Physicists (p. 9-16)

Leon M. Lederman, Ph.D.

Dosimetry Aspects of Proton Therapy (p. 17-24)

Baldev Patyal, Ph.D.

Absorption Characteristics of Protons and Photons in Tissue (p. 25-30)

John F. Dicello, Ph.D.

The Impact of Protons on the Incidence of Second Malignancies in Radiotherapy (p. 31-34)

Eric J. Hall, D.Phil., D.Sc.

Selecting the Optimum Particle for Radiation Therapy (p. 35-40)

James M. Slater, M.D.

Facility Overview for a Proton Beam Treatment Center (p. 41-48)

David Lesyna, M.S.E.E.

Accelerators for Heavy-charged-particle Radiation Therapy (p. 49-54)

George B. Coutrakon, Ph.D.

Proton Treatment Room Concepts for Precision and Efficiency (p. 55-60)

Reinhard W. Schulte, M.D.

Clinical Proton Radiation Therapy Research at the Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center (p. 61-66)

Thomas F. DeLaney, M.D.

Development and Operation of the Loma Linda University Medical Center Proton Facility (p. 67-72)

Jerry D. Slater, M.D.

The University of Pennsylvania/Walter Reed Army Medical Center Proton Therapy Program (p. 73-76)

James McDonough, Ph.D., Captain Brent Tinnel, M.D.

A Knowledge-Based Imaging Informatics Approach for Managing Proton Beam Therapy of Cancer Patients (p. 77-84)

Brent J. Liu, Ph.D.

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