RODRÍGUEZ GONZÁLEZ , María Teresa

Proton therapy is a form of radiotherapy that allows maximizing the deposited dose inside the tumour while reducing the dose in the healthy tissues, thanks to its superior depth-dose distribution when compared against conventional photon therapy. Uncertainties in the beam range, however, require considering additional safety margins to ensure...

In protontherapy, the uncertainties in the range of the beam delivered to the patient result in some safety margins in the planning that limit the dose that can be delivered to the tumour. For this reason, there is an intensive research program aiming at in vivo range verification. In particular, positron emitters are induced on C, N, O, Ca and...