Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 103, Issue 1 , Pages 18-24 , April 2012

In-gantry or remote patient positioning? Monte Carlo simulations for proton therapy centers of different sizes

  • Giovanni Fava

      Affiliations

    • AtreP – Agenzia Provinciale per la Protonterapia, Trento, Italy
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  • Lamberto Widesott

      Affiliations

    • AtreP – Agenzia Provinciale per la Protonterapia, Trento, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. ATreP – Agenzia Provinciale per la Protonterapia, Via F.lli Perini, 181, 38122 Trento, Italy.
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  • Francesco Fellin

      Affiliations

    • AtreP – Agenzia Provinciale per la Protonterapia, Trento, Italy
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  • Maurizio Amichetti

      Affiliations

    • AtreP – Agenzia Provinciale per la Protonterapia, Trento, Italy
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  • Valentina Viesi

      Affiliations

    • AtreP – Agenzia Provinciale per la Protonterapia, Trento, Italy
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  • Antony J. Lomax

      Affiliations

    • Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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  • Lydia Lederer

      Affiliations

    • Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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  • Eugen B. Hug

      Affiliations

    • Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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  • Claudio Fiorino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, St. Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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  • Giovannella Salvadori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, St. Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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  • Nadia Di Muzio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, St. Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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  • Marco Schwarz

      Affiliations

    • AtreP – Agenzia Provinciale per la Protonterapia, Trento, Italy

Received 23 June 2011 ,Revised 19 October 2011 ,Accepted 4 November 2011.

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PII: S0167-8140(11)00650-5

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.11.004

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 103, Issue 1 , Pages 18-24 , April 2012

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