A comparison of carbon ions versus protons for integrated mode ion imaging
This work is the first investigation of image quality metrics such as spatial resolution and low contrast detectability for integrated mode cRads, with a full comparison with pRads. Enhanced image quality is obtained with cRads compared to pRads, although pRads still maintain high WET accuracy and deliver image quality within acceptable bounds.
Authors
- Lennart Volz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0441-4350)
- Christian Graeff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5296-7649)
- Sam Beddar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5825-110X)
- Ryan Fullarton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7817-1596)
- Mikaël Simard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0610-6319)
- Christoph Schuy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8407-9358)
- Daniel Robertson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3527-0153)
- Allison Toltz
- Charles‐Antoine Collins‐Fekete (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2464-8795)
- Colin Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7293-3330)
Institutions
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (DE)
- Mayo Clinic in Florida (US)
- University College London (GB)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medical Physics
- Published
- 2025-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.17645
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.56
Funders
- UK Research and Innovation
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- European Commission
- Invention for Innovation